CVE-2009-1839

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.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

EPSS

7.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Published

2009-06-12

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10544

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/35331
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35431
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-30.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35386

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry