CVE-2009-0356
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 3.2% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0360)
- Published
- February 4, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0360 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00001.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0256.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33799
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33809
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33831
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33841
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33846
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-040.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:044
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-04.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33598
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021666
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0313
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460425
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9922
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00240.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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