cve/2016/CVE-2016-5291.md

### [CVE-2016-5291](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5291)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Firefox%20ESR&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Firefox&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Thunderbird&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3C%2045.5%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3C%2050%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Same-origin%20policy%20violation%20using%20local%20HTML%20file%20and%20saved%20shortcut%20file&color=brighgreen)

### Description

A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1292159

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.