Firefox Chrome privilege escalation via local .desktop files
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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Configuration 1 [-]
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| Package | CPE | Advisory | Released Date |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | |||
| firefox-0:3.0.6-1.el4 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4 | RHSA-2009:0256 | 2009-02-04T00:00:00Z |
| nss-0:3.12.2.0-3.el4 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4 | RHSA-2009:0256 | 2009-02-04T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | |||
| firefox-0:3.0.6-1.el5 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 | RHSA-2009:0256 | 2009-02-04T00:00:00Z |
| nss-0:3.12.2.0-4.el5 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 | RHSA-2009:0256 | 2009-02-04T00:00:00Z |
| xulrunner-0:1.9.0.6-1.el5 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 | RHSA-2009:0256 | 2009-02-04T00:00:00Z |
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| Source | ID | Title |
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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. |
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.1
No CVSS v3.0
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: 3.2% (3.225% probability within 30 days)
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