Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2016-5279

 

Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2016-5279

Published: September 22, 2016 / Updated: September 23, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU619
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5279
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists during drag and drop operation. A full path to local files disclosure allows attackers to view important user's data.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in access to potentially sensitive data on the vulnerable system.






How to mitigate CVE-2016-5279

Update to 49.0.

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