{"id":"CVE-2016-9070","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9070","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:23.909Z","title":"A maliciously crafted page loaded to the sidebar through a bookmark can reference a privileged chrome window and engage in limited JavaScript operations violating cross-origin protections.","description":"A maliciously crafted page loaded to the sidebar through a bookmark can reference a privileged chrome window and engage in limited JavaScript operations violating cross-origin protections. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.","published":"2018-06-11T21:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@mozilla.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["mozilla/firefox"],"epss":{"score":0.01874,"percentile":0.79266,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281071","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281071","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9070","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}