CVE-2016-5279

Mozilla: Full local path of files is available to web pages after drag and drop (MFSA 2016-85)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 20, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS 2.0 · 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified