CVE-2009-3988

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly restrict read access to object properties in showModalDialog, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted dialogArguments values.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.46%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-895-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38847 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:042 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035367.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0112.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035346.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8355 vdb entry signature
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1999 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035426.html vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56362 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-896-1 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0405 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/37242 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9384 vdb entry signature
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-04.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504862

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-3988?
CVE-2009-3988 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-3988?
To fix CVE-2009-3988, 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-2009-3988 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2009-3988 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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