CVE-2009-3987
The GeckoActiveXObject function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, generates different exception messages depending on whether the referenced COM object is listed in the registry, which allows remote…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.62%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The GeckoActiveXObject function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, generates different exception messages depending on whether the referenced COM object is listed in the registry, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about installed software by making multiple calls that specify the ProgID values of different COM objects.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.62% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37699Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37785Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023346Patch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023347Patch
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-71.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37360
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503451
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546729
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54798
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7958
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37699Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37785Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023346Patch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023347Patch
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-71.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37360
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503451
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546729
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54798
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7958
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.