CVE-2009-3166

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3166
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-09-15 22:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptiontoken.cgi in Bugzilla 3.4rc1 through 3.4.1 places a password in a URL at the beginning of a login session that occurs immediately after a password reset, which allows context-dependent attackers to discover passwords by reading (1) web-server access logs, (2) web-server Referer logs, or (3) the browser history.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 3.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 3.4 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 3.4.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Bugzilla URL Password Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Bugzilla May Display the User's Password in the Browser URL af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
508189 – (CVE-2009-3166) [SECURITY] Logging in after resetting your password exposes your new password in the URL af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Bugzilla Information Disclosure Weakness and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
3.4.1, 3.2.4, and 3.0.8 Security Advisory :: Bugzilla :: bugzilla.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.bugzilla.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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