Description
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly restrict drag-and-drop (aka dataTransfer) actions for file: URIs, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to access local files via a crafted web site.
Published: 2016-08-05
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6217 Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly restrict drag-and-drop (aka dataTransfer) actions for file: URIs, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to access local files via a crafted web site.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3044-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:49.013Z

Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5266

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-05T01:59:22.127

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5266

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5266 - Bugzilla

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