CVE-2016-9071 describes a privacy vulnerability in Firefox versions prior to 50, where a malicious server could leverage Content Security Policy (CSP) and HTTP to HTTPS redirection to determine if a specific website is present in a user's browser history. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a low impact on confidentiality with no integrity or availability impact, and does not require user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, though it was mentioned in a release article for Firefox 50.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 50.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 50CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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