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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25 Nov 2025, 17:50
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Information
Published : 2018-06-11 21:29
Updated : 2025-11-25 17:50
NVD link : CVE-2016-5291
Mitre link : CVE-2016-5291
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-5291
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Products Affected
mozilla
- thunderbird
- firefox
debian
- debian_linux
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
