CVE-2009-1839

Firefox information disclosure flaw

Published Jun 12, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.4 Medium EPSS 7.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.11 associates an incorrect principal with a file: URL loaded through the location bar, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and read files via a crafted HTML document, aka a "file-URL-to-file-URL scripting" attack.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1820-1 New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-779-1 Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:27 AM
Reserved
May 29, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 12, 2009, 9:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:08 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 11, 2009, 12:00 AM