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CVE-2016-5282

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Date: September 22, 2016

Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 does not properly restrict the scheme in favicon requests, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by a jar: URL for a favicon resource.

Language: Unix

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Related Resources (8)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5282
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5282
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=932335
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-5282

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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