CVE-2009-1839
published 2009-06-12CVE-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…
PriorityP430medium5.4CVSS 2.0
AVNACHAuNCCINAN
EXPLOIT
EPSS
7.12%
93.5th percentile
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.
Affected
13 ranges
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| mozilla | firefox | <= 3.0.10 | — |
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.05.4MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
vendor_ubuntu9.3CRITICAL
vendor_redhat5.4MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2009-06-12·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2009-1841 [CRITICAL] Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
Several flaws were discovered in the browser and JavaScript engines of
Firefox. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote
attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1392,
CVE-2009-1832, CVE-2009-1833, CVE-2009-1837, CVE-2009-1838)
Pavel Cvrcek discovered that Firefox would sometimes display certain
invalid Unicode characters as whitespace. An attacker could exploit this to
spoof the location bar, such as in a phishing attack. (CVE-2009-1834)
Gregory Fleischer, Adam Barth and Collin Jackson discovered that Firefox
would allow access to local files from resources loaded via the
Red Hat
Firefox information disclosure flaw
vendor_redhat·2009-06-11·CVSS 5.4
CVE-2009-1839 [MEDIUM] Firefox information disclosure flaw
Firefox information disclosure flaw
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.
GHSA
GHSA-mx4x-6484-3f7v: Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-02
CVE-2009-1839 [MEDIUM] GHSA-mx4x-6484-3f7v: Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3
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.
No detection rules found.
Exploit-DB
Mozilla Firefox - Location Bar Spoofing
exploitdb·2009-12-18·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2009-1839 [MEDIUM] Mozilla Firefox - Location Bar Spoofing
Mozilla Firefox - Location Bar Spoofing
---
# Exploit Title: MOZILLA FIREFOX LOCATION BAR SPOOFING VULNERABILITY
# Date: 2009-12-18
# Author: Jordi Chancel
# Software Link: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-69.html
# Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.15 & 3.5.5
# Tested on: Windows XP-VISTA-SEVEN & LINUX BACKTRACK
# CVE : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3985
# DESCRIPTION: {
# Security researcher Jordi Chancel reported an issue similar to one fixed in mfsa2009-44
# in which a web page can set document.location to a URL that can't be displayed properly and then inject
# content into the resulting blank page. An attacker could use this vulnerability to place a legitimate-looking
# but invalid URL in the location bar and inject HTML and JavaScript into
Exploit-DB
WordPress MU < 2.7 - 'HOST' HTTP Header Cross-Site Scripting
exploitdb·2009-03-10
CVE-2009-1030 WordPress MU < 2.7 - 'HOST' HTTP Header Cross-Site Scripting
WordPress MU
1833
1834
1835
1836
1837 ID );
1839 if( count( $all_blogs ) > 1 ) {
1840 $primary_blog = get_usermeta($current_user->ID,
'primary_blog');
1841 ?>
1842
1843
1844 userblog_id
?>'userblog_id ) echo '
selected="selected"' ?>>http://domain.$blog->path
?>
1845
1846
1847
1852
1853
1854
1855 "
http://www.example.com/wp-admin/profile.php> tmp.html
$ firefox tmp.html
The javascript code will be executed in the context of the victim
browser, this can be exploited to steal cookies and escalate
privileges to administrator.
Tested with Wordpress MU 2.6.5, Apache 2.2 and Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6
V. BUSINESS IMPACT
The impact is the attacker can gain administrator privileges on the
application.
VI. SYSTEMS AFFECTED
Versions prior to 2.7 are affected
VII. SOLUTION
Upgrade to version 2.7 of w
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2009-06-12
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