Mozilla Firefox up to 48 Drag/Drop information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Firefox up to 48. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Drag/Drop. This manipulation causes information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5279. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 48 (Web Browser). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Drag/Drop. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive full-pathname information during a local-file drag-and-drop operation via crafted JavaScript code.

The weakness was shared 09/22/2016 as MFSA2016-85 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-5279. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93732 (openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nss (openSUSE-2016-1128)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196583 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-3076-1)).

Upgrading to version 49.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (93732) and SecurityFocus (BID 93052†). The entries VDB-91866, VDB-91868, VDB-91869 and VDB-91870 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 93732
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nss (openSUSE-2016-1128)
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OpenVAS ID: 831034
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates( mfsa_2016-85_2016-86 )-MAC OS X
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 49.0

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06/03/2016 🔍
09/22/2016 +111 days 🔍
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09/20/2022 +2188 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2016-85
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-5279 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5279
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91879
SecurityFocus: 93052
SecurityTracker: 1036852

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2016 09:24
Updated: 09/20/2022 08:48
Changes: 09/23/2016 09:24 (43), 01/31/2018 09:56 (20), 09/20/2022 08:45 (3), 09/20/2022 08:47 (10), 09/20/2022 08:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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