CVE-2009-1839

N/A Unknown
Published: June 12, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/55163
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-30.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35386
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479943
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503581
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9256
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://osvdb.org/55163
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-30.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35386
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479943
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503581
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9256
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

36 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
15.2%
95th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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