HIGH
Mozilla Chrome privilege escalation via window.opener
Published Dec 17, 2009
7.6
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.71%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges by leveraging a reference to a chrome window from a content window, related to the window.opener property.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 3.0.15
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.4.1
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 1.5.0.11
- 1.5.0.12
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.8
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.8
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.10
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
- 2.0.0.18
- 2.0.0.19
- 2.0.0.20
- 2.0.0.21
- 2.0_.1
- 2.0_.4
- 2.0_.5
- 2.0_.6
- 2.0_.7
- 2.0_.9
- 2.0_.10
- 2.0_8
- 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
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.11
- 3.0.12
- 3.0.13
- 3.0.14
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 3.5.4
- 3.5.5
- ≤ 2.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.0.99
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- 1.1.14
- 1.1.15
- 1.1.16
- 1.1.17
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0a1
- 2.0a1pre
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.0.16-4.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1674
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.0.16-1.el5_4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1674
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.0.16-2.el5_4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1674
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.0.16-4.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1674 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.0.16-1.el5_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1674 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.16-2.el5_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1674 |
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.
7.6 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.71% 0.03707
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03707
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 3.71% (0.03707) | 89.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.71% (0.03707) | 88.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.78% (0.02779) | 84.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.86% (0.06856) | 85.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.08% (0.02082) | 82.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.68% (0.01678) | 88.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2024 | 1.68% (0.01678) | 87.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.68% (0.01678) | 85.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (28)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37699 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37704 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37785 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37813 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37856 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37881 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023344 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023345 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1956 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-70.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_63_firefox.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37365 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-873-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-874-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3986 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522430 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546724 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54803 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3986
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11568 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8489 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1674.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3986
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00995.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01034.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01041.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 17, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 19, 2009
Link CVE-2009-3986
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a