CVE-2016-9078

HIGH

Firefox < 50.0.1 - URL Redirection to Untrusted Site via Data URL Origin Assignment

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Redirection from an HTTP connection to a "data:" URL assigns the referring site's origin to the "data:" URL in some circumstances. This can result in same-origin violations against a domain if it loads resources from malicious sites. Cross-origin setting of cookies has been demonstrated without the ability to read them. Note: This issue only affects Firefox 49 and 50. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.0.1.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94569
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-91/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037353
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317641

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0118
EPSS Percentile 79.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-601
Status published
Products (2)
mozilla/firefox 49.0
mozilla/firefox 50.0
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026