CVE-2009-1840

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1840
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, 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 3.0beta5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.1 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.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 Patch
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mozilla Firefox XUL Script Policy Can By Bypassed By Remote Users af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:141 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/55158 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
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
MFSA 2009-31: XUL scripts bypass content-policy checks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
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
Bug 503582 – CVE-2009-1840 Firefox XUL scripts skip some security checks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
477979 – (CVE-2009-1840) XUL scripts skip some security checks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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