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CVE-2009-0356

Date: February 4, 2009

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2) about:config URIs from .desktop files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors involving the URL field in a Desktop Entry section of a .desktop file, related to representation of about: URIs as jar:file:// URIs. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4582.

Severity Score

5.6

Related Resources (19)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33841

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33831

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:044

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33799

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0313

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0256.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33846

Url: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-04.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0356

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-040.htm

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00240.html

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460425

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00001.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9922

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33598

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0356

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33809

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021666

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-0356

Severity Score

5.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.1
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2009-0356

Date: February 4, 2009

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CVSS v3.1

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