Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2) about:config URIs from .desktop files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors involving the URL field in a Desktop Entry section of a .desktop file, related to representation of about: URIs as jar:file:// URIs. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4582.
Published: 2009-02-04
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0360 Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2) about:config URIs from .desktop files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors involving the URL field in a Desktop Entry section of a .desktop file, related to representation of about: URIs as jar:file:// URIs. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4582.
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Mozilla Firefox Seamonkey
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:31:25.627Z

Reserved: 2009-01-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0356

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-02-04T19:30:00.467

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-0356

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-0356 - Bugzilla

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