Is CVE-2016-5299 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-5299 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-5299?

CVE-2016-5299 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-5299?

CVE-2016-5299 has an EPSS score of 1.64% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5299?

Upgrade DeveloperEdition to 50.0 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-5299

HIGHEPSS 73th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A previously installed malicious Android application with same signature-level permissions as Firefox can intercept AuthTokens meant for Firefox only. Note: This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions and operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

CWE-275

How to fix

Remediation Available

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:50.0Fixed in:50.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:50.0Fixed in:50.0Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.64%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

bugzilla.mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory1

mozilla.org

Third-Party Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.