MEDIUM
mozilla: status bar obfuscation
Published Jan 22, 2009
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.53%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to trick a user into visiting an arbitrary URL via an onclick action that moves a crafted element to the current mouse position, related to a "Status Bar Obfuscation" and "Clickjacking" attack.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.53% 0.02527
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02527
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.53% (0.02527) | 84.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.53% (0.02527) | 82.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.05% (0.03046) | 86.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.48% (0.01481) | 79.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.45% (0.03446) | 78.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.48% (0.01481) | 79.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.00% (0.03001) | 91.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 27, 2024 | 3.03% (0.03026) | 91.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 13, 2024 | 3.43% (0.03428) | 91.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 2, 2023 | 2.99% (0.02992) | 89.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 23, 2023 | 2.64% (0.02641) | 88.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2023 | 2.18% (0.02182) | 87.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.61% (0.01606) | 85.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 87.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 86.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 69.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4936 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0253 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481269 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48212 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0253
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0253
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7842 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4936 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0253 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481269 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48212 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0253 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0253 | ||
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7842 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 22, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 22, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0253
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a