components/sessionstore/src/nsSessionStore.js in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 does not block changes of INPUT elements to type="file"…

Description

components/sessionstore/src/nsSessionStore.js in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 does not block changes of INPUT elements to type="file" during tab restoration, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files on a client machine via a crafted INPUT element.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (27)

• 33808 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0313 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 33809 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0256 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-040.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 33831 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9161 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• USN-717-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0258 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-03.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466937 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 34417 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33841 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33816 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33846 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33799 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-2882 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0257 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-2884 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 33598 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-1399 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 34324 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33869 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-717-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 1021665 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:31 UTC.