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CVE-2009-3988 Detail

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.


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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3988
NVD Published Date:
02/22/2010
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE