CVE-2016-9078 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94569 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037353 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317641 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-91/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8