CVE-2009-1835

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1835
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-06-12 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMozilla Firefox before 3.0.11 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 associate local documents with external domain names located after the file:// substring in a URL, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary cookies via a crafted HTML document, as demonstrated by a URL with file://example.com/C:/ at the beginning.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.6.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.7.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9_rc All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 preview_release All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 All linux All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta_1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 rc3 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.19 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.21 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 beta5 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All alpha All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All beta All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All dev All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.99 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.5 1.1.10 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: seamonkey-1.1.17-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1820-1 xulrunner af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2009-24 through 32 Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
491801 – (CVE-2009-1835) Arbitrary domain cookie access from content loaded via local file (file:/// URL) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey 'file://' URI Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Slackware update for mozilla-firefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: devhelp-0.22-9.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora update for seamonkey - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for seamonkey - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Bug 503576 – CVE-2009-1835 Firefox Arbitrary domain cookie access by local file: resources af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: ruby-gnome2-0.17.0-10.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for firefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for firefox and xulrunner - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: seamonkey-1.1.17-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
MFSA 2009-26: Arbitrary domain cookie access by local file: resources af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Patch
Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/55161 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Slackware update for seamonkey - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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