CVE-2016-5266 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly restrict drag-and-drop (aka dataTransfer) actions for file: URIs, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to access local files via a crafted web site.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-81.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1226977
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5266
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5266
https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-81.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2016-08-05T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:49.013Z

Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5266

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-08-05T01:59:22.127

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-5266

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5266 - Bugzilla

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