CVE-2016-5291

Name
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.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
Exploit https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1292159
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* firefox >= None < 45.5.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* firefox >= None < 50.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* thunderbird >= None < 45.5.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status