5.9med
CVE-2016-9076
An issue where a "<select>" dropdown menu can be used to cover location bar content, resulting in potential spoofing attacks.
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.9
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.7%
percentile 78%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
An issue where a "<select>" dropdown menu can be used to cover location bar content, resulting in potential spoofing attacks. This attack requires e10s to be enabled in order to function. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.74% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/94337 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1037298 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1276976 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-9076
- NVD: CVE-2016-9076
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