Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2) about:config URIs from .desktop files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors involving the URL field in a Desktop Entry section of a .desktop file, related to representation of about: URIs as jar:file:// URIs. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4582.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2009-0360 | Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2) about:config URIs from .desktop files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors involving the URL field in a Desktop Entry section of a .desktop file, related to representation of about: URIs as jar:file:// URIs. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4582. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T04:31:25.627Z
Reserved: 2009-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2009-0356
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Status : Modified
Published: 2009-02-04T19:30:00.467
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2009-0356
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD