CVE-2009-5097 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Palm Pre WebOS 1.1 and earlier processes JavaScript in email messages, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript, as demonstrated by reading PalmDatabase.db3.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01035.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Hp	Palm Pre Webos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:hp:palm_pre_webos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:palm_pre_webos:1.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:palm_pre_webos:1.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:palm_pre_webos:1.0.4:::::::*

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/na/pre/p100eww/sprint/solutions/article/50607_en.html#12
http://secunia.com/advisories/36936
http://tlhsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/10/palm-pre-webos-11-remote-file-access.html
http://www.precentral.net/webos-1-2-fixed-serious-file-security-issue
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022987

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00796}`	epss `{'score': 0.01035}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-09-13T19:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:21:25.400Z

Reserved: 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2009-5097

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-09-13T19:59:25.407

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2009-5097

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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