PT-2009-6192 · Mozilla+1 · Firefox+2

David James · Published 2009-12-16 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2009-3986

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.0.16 Mozilla Firefox versions 3.5.x prior to 3.5.6 SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.0.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges. This is achieved by leveraging a reference to a chrome window from a content window, related to the window.opener property.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.0.16, update to version 3.0.16 or later. For Mozilla Firefox versions 3.5.x prior to 3.5.6, update to version 3.5.6 or later. For SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.0.1, update to version 2.0.1 or later.

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3986

DSA-1956-1

RHSA-2009:1674

RHSA-2009_1674

Affected Products

Firefox

Red Hat

Seamonkey

References · 33

• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-70.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023345 · Patch
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00995.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-873-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37699 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01034.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01041.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1674.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023344 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37704 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_63_firefox.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-874-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37785 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3986 · Security Note