CVE-2016-5265

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same local directory.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-5265

Assigner
security@mozilla.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2016-08-05T01:59:21

Last Modified Date
2019-12-27T16:08:55

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-79	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::	1	OR	47.0.1
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.2.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.3.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
HIGH

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
4.9

Impact Score
4.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1

Impact Score
4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-80.html	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1278013	Issue Tracking
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5265
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5265

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:55:50				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:42:04	2016-08-05T01:59Z	2016-08-05T01:59:21	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 10:42:04		2019-12-27T16:08:55	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 10:42:04		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated