RCE in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2009-2665
The nsDocument::SetScriptGlobalObject function in content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.2, when certain add-ons are enabled, does not properly handle a Link HTTP header, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted web page, related to an incorrect security wrapper.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-46.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/36126 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35928 (vdb-entry)