CVE-2009-1835

Public Exploit

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 associate local documents with external domain names located after the file:// substring in a URL, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary cookies via a crafted HTML document, as demonstrated by a URL with file://example.com/C:/ at the beginning.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.37% Top 25%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1096.html patch vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9803 vdb entry signature
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00504.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326 vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-26.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35391 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503576 exploit
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491801 exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/35428 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00444.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2152 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/35439 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35882 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415 third party advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html patch vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/55161 vdb entry
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35561 third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.425408 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1835?
CVE-2009-1835 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1835?
To fix CVE-2009-1835, 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-2009-1835 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1835 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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