A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
Source | ID | Title |
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DLA-730-1 | firefox-esr security update |
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DLA-752-1 | icedove security update |
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DSA-3716-1 | firefox-esr security update |
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DSA-3730-1 | icedove security update |
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EUVD-2016-6242 | A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50. |
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USN-3124-1 | Firefox vulnerabilities |
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USN-3141-1 | Thunderbird vulnerabilities |
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Solution
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Workaround
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:49.045Z
Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-5291

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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:00.437
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:54:00.673
Link: CVE-2016-5291


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