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CVE-2009-1840

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey do not check content policy before loading a script file into

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey do not check content policy before loading a script file into a XUL document, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted HTML document, as demonstrated by a "web bug" in an e-mail message, or web script or an advertisement in a web page.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.01388
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

4
mozilla firefox<= 3.0.10
mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla seamonkeyall versions
mozilla thunderbirdall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
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Scoring & Timeline

9.3
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD12 Jun 2009 · 09:30 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
usnUSN-779-1
rhsaRHSA-2009:1095Critical
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://osvdb.org/55158
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35439Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35440Vendor Advisory
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