CVE-2009-3274
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-3274 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-09-21 19:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Mozilla Firefox 3.6a1, 3.5.3, 3.5.2, and earlier 3.5.x versions, and 3.0.14 and earlier 2.x and 3.x versions, on Linux uses a predictable /tmp pathname for files selected from the Downloads window, which allows local users to replace an arbitrary downloaded file by placing a file in a /tmp location before the download occurs, related to the Download Manager component. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0 | All | 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 | 2.0.0.3 | 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 | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.14 | 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 | 3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6 | a1 | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| MFSA 2009-53: Local downloaded file tampering | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| 514823 – (CVE-2009-3274) Incremental filename choosing scheme for duplicate filenames vulnerable (especially with the use of /tmp) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.mozilla.org | Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory |
| Zero Day Demos (Firefox Vulnerability Discovered) Tutorial | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securitytube.net | |
| security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | jbrownsec.blogspot.com | Broken Link |
| sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | Broken Link |
| Support | Red Hat | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Mozilla Firefox Temporary File Download Manipulation Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:294 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Broken Link |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Zero Day Demos (Firefox Vulnerability Discovered) Tutorial | MITRE | securitytube.net | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.