CVE-2016-5291

CVE Details

Release Date:2018-06-11
Impact:None What is this?

Description


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.

See more information about CVE-2016-5291 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score: 5.5
Vector String: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Version: 3.0
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact: High
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: None

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)ELSA-2016-27802016-11-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)ELSA-2016-27802016-11-16
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)ELSA-2016-27802016-11-16


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