CVE-2016-9072

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    CVE-2016-9072

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: When a new Firefox profile is created on 64-bit Windows installations, the sandbox for 64-bit NPAPI plugins is not enabled by default. Note: This issue only affects 64-bit Windows. 32-bit Windows and other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

    References: , https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1300083

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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