CVE-2009-2065
Firefox < 3.0.9 - Improper Authentication via HTTP-Intended-but-HTTPS-Loadable Pages
Title source: llmDescription
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10, and possibly other versions, detects http content in https web pages only when the top-level frame uses https, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary web script, in an https site's context, by modifying an http page to include an https iframe that references a script file on an http site, related to "HTTP-Intended-but-HTTPS-Loadable (HPIHSL) pages."
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51189
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35403
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/79323/pbp-final-with-update.pdf
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=79323
Scores
EPSS
0.0085
EPSS Percentile
53.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (46)
mozilla/firefox
0.1
mozilla/firefox
0.2
mozilla/firefox
0.3
mozilla/firefox
0.4
mozilla/firefox
0.5
mozilla/firefox
0.6
mozilla/firefox
0.6.1
mozilla/firefox
0.7
mozilla/firefox
0.7.1
mozilla/firefox
0.8
... and 36 more
Published
Jun 15, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026