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CVE-2009-2654 Detail

Current Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.13, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2, allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, and possibly conduct phishing attacks, via a crafted web page that calls window.open with an invalid character in the URL, makes document.write calls to the resulting object, and then calls the stop method during the loading of the error page.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/28/url-bar-spoofing-vulnerability/ Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/28/url-bar-spoofing-vulnerability/ Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/firefoxspoofing.html
http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/firefoxspoofing.html
http://osvdb.org/56717
http://osvdb.org/56717
http://secunia.com/advisories/36001 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36001 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36126 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36126 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36141 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36141 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36435 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36435 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36669
http://secunia.com/advisories/36669
http://secunia.com/advisories/36670
http://secunia.com/advisories/36670
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1873
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1873
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-44.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-44.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1430.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1430.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1431.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1431.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1432.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1432.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505242/30/0/threaded Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505242/30/0/threaded Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505265
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505265
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35803 Exploit  Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35803 Exploit  Patch 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022603
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022603
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2006 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2006 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451898
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451898
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9686
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9686
https://usn.ubuntu.com/811-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/811-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2654
NVD Published Date:
08/03/2009
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE