CVE-2016-5266

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CVSS 3.0

8.1 high

EPSS

2%p75

Published

Aug 5, 2016 (Aug 5, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: mozilla
Products: firefox
Weakness: CWE-264
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.7%)

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