CVE-2016-5268
Mozilla Firefox Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly set the LINKABLE and URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT flags of about: URLs that are used for error pages, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by misleading text after an about:neterror?d= substring.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 5, 2016, 1:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Upgrade Mozilla Firefox to the latest version.
- Update the affected packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2016-5268.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-5268 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-5268
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2016-5268 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-5268 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-83.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253673 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 16, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 05, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:47.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-83.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-83.html Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253673 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253673 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required Added CWE CWE-254 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 05, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 05, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.44 }} -1.00%
score
0.60438
percentile