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CVE-2009-0356

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2)...

5.1 Medium

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2) about:config URIs from .desktop files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors involving the URL field in a Desktop Entry section of a .desktop file, related to representation of about: URIs as jar:file:// URIs. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4582.

Exploit likelihood

3.23%Down 6.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.1

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2) about:config URIs from .desktop files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors involving the URL field in a Desktop Entry section of a .desktop file, related to representation of about: URIs as jar:file:// URIs. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4582.

Record
CVE-2009-0356
CVSS 2.0
5.1 MediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2) about:config URIs from .desktop files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors involving the URL field in a Desktop Entry section of a .desktop file, related to representation of about: URIs as jar:file:// URIs. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4582.

Record
CVE-2009-0356
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-0360 No score

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2) about:config URIs from .desktop files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors involving the URL field in a Desktop Entry section of a .desktop file, related to representation of about: URIs as jar:file:// URIs. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4582.

Record
EUVD-2009-0360
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-95pc-m84q-vvmm No score

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2)...

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey do not block links to the (1) about:plugins and (2) about:config URIs from .desktop files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors involving the URL field in a Desktop Entry section of a .desktop file, related to representation of about: URIs as jar:file:// URIs. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4582.

Record
GHSA-95pc-m84q-vvmm
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1 No score

MozillaFirefox-92.0-1.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaFirefox-92.0-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 No score

firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.6-1.el4
0:3.0.6-1.el4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.6-1.el4
0:3.0.6-1.el4
nss
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
nss-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
nss-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
nss-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.6-1.el4
0:3.0.6-1.el4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.6-1.el4
0:3.0.6-1.el4
nss
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
nss-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
nss-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
nss-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.6-1.el4
0:3.0.6-1.el4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.6-1.el4
0:3.0.6-1.el4
nss
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
nss-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
nss-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
nss-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.6-1.el4
0:3.0.6-1.el4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.6-1.el4
0:3.0.6-1.el4
nss
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
nss-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
nss-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
nss-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
0:3.12.2.0-3.el4
nss
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
nss-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
nss-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
nss-pkcs11-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
xulrunner-devel-unstable
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.6-1.el5
0:3.0.6-1.el5
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.6-1.el5
0:3.0.6-1.el5
nss
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
nss-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
nss-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.6-1.el5
0:3.0.6-1.el5
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.6-1.el5
0:3.0.6-1.el5
nss
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
nss-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
nss-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
nss-pkcs11-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
nss-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
0:3.12.2.0-4.el5
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
xulrunner-devel-unstable
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
0:1.9.0.6-1.el5
MozillaFirefox
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 661 CVEs
 before 92.0-1.2
92.0-1.2
firefox-esr
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 1860 CVEs
 before 128.5.1-1.1
128.5.1-1.1

History

History
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In short

CVE-2009-0356 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Mozilla Firefox, published February 4, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.23%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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