CVE-2016-5265 describes a user-assisted vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 48.0 and Firefox ESR before 45.3, affecting various Mozilla and Oracle Firefox products. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, leading to Universal XSS (UXSS) or arbitrary file reading, requiring a crafted HTML document and shortcut file in the same local directory. While the attack complexity is high and user interaction is required, the potential impact includes high confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 47.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
45.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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