CVE-2016-9078

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    CVE-2016-9078

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

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

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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