Firefox information disclosure flaw
Published Jun 12, 2009
5.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.12%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.11 associates an incorrect principal with a file: URL loaded through the location bar, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and read files via a crafted HTML document, aka a "file-URL-to-file-URL scripting" attack.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.0.10
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0beta5
- 3.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.0.11-4.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1095
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.0.11-2.el5_3
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1095
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.0.11-3.el5_3
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1095
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.0.11-4.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1095 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.0.11-2.el5_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1095 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.11-3.el5_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1095 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 7.12% (0.07124) | 94.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.12% (0.07124) | 93.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 15.16% (0.15161) | 94.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 22.40% (0.22396) | 93.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 15.16% (0.15161) | 94.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 6.21% (0.06205) | 93.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 21, 2024 | 1.70% (0.01701) | 86.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01206) | 83.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.83% (0.00832) | 79.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://osvdb.org/55163 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35331 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35415 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35431 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35468 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-30.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35386 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1839 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479943 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503581 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1839
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9256 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1839
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
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