CVE-2009-2654
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.13, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2, allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, and possibly conduct phishing attacks, via a crafted web page that calls window.open with an invalid character in the URL, makes document.write…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.75%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.13, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2, allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, and possibly conduct phishing attacks, via a crafted web page that calls window.open with an invalid character in the URL, makes document.write calls to the resulting object, and then calls the stop method during the loading of the error page.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.75% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/28/url-bar-spoofing-vulnerability/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/firefoxspoofing.html
- http://osvdb.org/56717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36001Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36126Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36141Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36435Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36669
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36670
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1873
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-44.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1430.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1431.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1432.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505242/30/0/threadedExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505265
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35803Exploit, Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022603
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2006Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451898
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9686
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/811-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/28/url-bar-spoofing-vulnerability/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/firefoxspoofing.html
- http://osvdb.org/56717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36001Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.