CVE-2016-9076 describes a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 50, where a specially crafted HTML <select> dropdown menu could obscure the browser's location bar. This spoofing attack, requiring e10s (Electrolysis) to be enabled, could trick users into believing they are on a legitimate site. The vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 5.9, indicating a network-based attack with high integrity impact but no confidentiality or availability impact, and a high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available, and it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| 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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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