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.
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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. |
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USN-3044-1 | Firefox vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:49.013Z
Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-5266

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-08-05T01:59:22.127
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2016-5266


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