CVE-2009-2654

Public Exploit

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.13, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2, allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, and possibly conduct phishing attacks, via a crafted web page that calls window.open with an invalid character in the URL, makes document.write calls to the resulting object, and then calls the stop method during the loading of the error page.

Category

5.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 13.20% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36141 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2006 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505265 mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1430.html vendor advisory
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/28/url-bar-spoofing-vulnerability/ patch vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451898
http://secunia.com/advisories/36001 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/811-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35803 exploit vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/36670 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36669 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9686 vdb entry signature
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36126 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1432.html vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-44.html patch vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505242/30/0/threaded mailing list exploit
http://osvdb.org/56717 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022603 vdb entry
http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/firefoxspoofing.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1873 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1431.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36435 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2654?
CVE-2009-2654 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2654?
To fix CVE-2009-2654, 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-2009-2654 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-2654 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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