CVE-2009-3931
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in browser/download/download_exe.cc in Google Chrome before 3.0.195.32 allows remote attackers to force the download of certain dangerous files via a "Content-Disposition: attachment" designation, as demonstrated by (1) .mht and (2) .mhtml files, which are automatically executed by Internet Explorer 6; (3) .svg files, which are automatically executed by Safari; (4) .xml files; (5) .htt files; (6) .xsl files; (7) .xslt files; and (8) image files that are forbidden by the victim's site policy.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3902)
- Published
- November 12, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3902 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / chrome
- google / chrome
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References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23979
- http://codereview.chromium.org/243115
- http://codereview.chromium.org/261022
- http://codereview.chromium.org/download/issue243115_2002.diff
- http://codereview.chromium.org/download/issue261022_1.diff
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/11/stable-channel-update.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37273(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securethoughts.com/2009/11/using-blended-browser-threats-involving-chrome-to-steal-files-on-your-computer/
- http://www.osvdb.org/59742
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507713
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36947
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3159(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54171
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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