CVE-2009-4101

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-4101
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-29 13:08:29 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptioninfoRSS 1.1.4.2 and earlier extension for Firefox performs certain operations with chrome privileges, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands and perform cross-domain scripting attacks via the description tag of an RSS feed.

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-20 | 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 Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.10.0 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.10.1 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.5 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.7.7 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.8.4 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.8.7 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.8.8.1 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.8.8.2 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.8.9 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.8.9.1 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.8.9.3 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.8.9.4 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.8.9.5 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 0.9.0 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 1.0.0 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 1.1.0.1 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 1.1.1 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 1.1.2 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 1.1.3 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 1.1.4 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss 1.1.4.1 All All All
Application Didier Ernotte Inforss All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Add-ons for Firefox (en-US) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 addons.mozilla.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Firefox infoRSS Extension Cross-Context Scripting Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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