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CVE-2009-0355
components/sessionstore/src/nsSessionStore.js in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 does not block changes of INPUT elements to type="file"…
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 1.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 23% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
components/sessionstore/src/nsSessionStore.js in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 does not block changes of INPUT elements to type="file" during tab restoration, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files on a client machine via a crafted INPUT element.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.4 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 23% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- 33808 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0313 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 33809 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0256 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-040.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 33831 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9161 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- USN-717-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0258 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-03.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466937 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34417 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33841 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33816 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33846 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33799 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-2882 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0257 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-2884 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 33598 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-1399 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 34324 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33869 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-717-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1021665 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0359 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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