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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-3987 Detail

Description

The GeckoActiveXObject function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, generates different exception messages depending on whether the referenced COM object is listed in the registry, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about installed software by making multiple calls that specify the ProgID values of different COM objects.


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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37699 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37785 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023346 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023347 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-71.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37360 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503451 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546729 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54798 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7958 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3987
NVD Published Date:
12/17/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE