CVE-2009-0356

Firefox Chrome privilege escalation via local .desktop files

Published Feb 4, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 3.2% KEV · Not listed
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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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0360 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:31 AM
Reserved
Jan 29, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 4, 2009, 7:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:04 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 3, 2009, 12:00 AM