CVE-2016-5291

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.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3