CVE-2016-5266 describes a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before version 48.0, allowing user-assisted remote attackers to access local files. This flaw stems from improper restrictions on drag-and-drop actions for file: URIs, enabling a crafted website to initiate the attack. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 47.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.