CVE-2016-5291

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-11-16
Bugzilla:
1395065: CVE-2016-5291 Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation using local HTML file and saved shortcut file (MFSA 2016-89, MFSA 2016-90)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.

Find out more about CVE-2016-5291 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 6.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) RHSA-2016:2780 2016-11-16
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) RHSA-2016:2780 2016-11-16
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) RHSA-2016:2780 2016-11-16

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 thunderbird Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 thunderbird Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Yuyang Zhou as the original reporter.

External References

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