CVE-2009-1839

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.11 associates an incorrect principal with a file: URL loaded through the location bar, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and read files via a crafted HTML document, aka a "file-URL-to-file-URL scripting" attack.

Category

5.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 15.16% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479943
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503581
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9256 vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326 vdb entry patch
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-30.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468 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 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35386 vdb entry
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468 vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/55163 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820 vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1839?
CVE-2009-1839 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1839?
To fix CVE-2009-1839, 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-2009-1839 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1839 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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