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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2009-0356 Detail

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2) about:config URIs from .desktop files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors involving the URL field in a Desktop Entry section of a .desktop file, related to representation of about: URIs as jar:file:// URIs. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4582.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0256.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33799 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33809 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33831 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33841 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33846 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-040.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:044 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-04.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33598 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021666 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0313 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460425 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9922 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00240.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0356
NVD Published Date:
02/04/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.