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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2009-1839 EUVD-2009-1834GHSA-mx4x-6484-3f7v

Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.11 associates an incorrect principal with a file: URL loaded through the location bar, which allows user-assis…

Published Jun 12, 2009 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 5.0 xulrunner 1.9.0.11-0lenny1 DSA-1820-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 5 firefox 3.0.11-2.el5_3 RHSA-2009:1095
RHEL 5 xulrunner +2 1.9.0.11-3.el5_3 RHSA-2009:1095
RHEL 4 firefox 3.0.11-4.el4 RHSA-2009:1095

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 2

References