CVE-2009-1309

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.9, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey do not properly implement the Same Origin Policy for (1) XMLHttpRequest, involving a mismatch for a document's principal, and (2) XPCNativeWrapper.toString, involving an incorrect __proto__ scope, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and possibly other attacks via a crafted document.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.30% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022094 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:111 vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00683.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34894 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1125 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34758 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35536 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5265 vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1125.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6831 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/34844 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-19.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6139 vdb entry signature
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-782-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35065 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478433
https://usn.ubuntu.com/764-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:141 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5591 vdb entry signature
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9494 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/35042 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34656 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34843 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1797 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0437.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0436.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1126.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34780 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482206

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1309?
CVE-2009-1309 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1309?
To fix CVE-2009-1309, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1309 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1309 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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