CVE-2016-5265

5.5 MEDIUM
Published: August 05, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-80.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
Source: security@mozilla.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1278013
Source: security@mozilla.org
Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-80.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1278013
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
49th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79 CWE-200

Affected Vendors

oracle mozilla

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