CVE-2009-1839 EXPLOIT
5.4
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.1% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.4 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 7.12% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-06-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Mozilla Firefox - Location Bar Spoofing | 2009-12-18 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/55163
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35331
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35431
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35468
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-30.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35386
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479943
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503581
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9256
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html
- http://osvdb.org/55163
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35331
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