Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.15 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0, does not properly handle a right-to-left override (aka RLO or U+202E) Unicode character in a download filename, which allows remote attackers to spoof file extensions via a crafted filename, as demonstrated by displaying a non-executable extension for an executable file.
References (14)
Core 14
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0648
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-272909-1
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511521
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38977
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-62.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11218
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-915-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6541
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3334
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:294
Scores
EPSS
0.0318
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-16
Status
published
Products (46)
mozilla/firefox
3.0 beta5
mozilla/firefox
3.0.1
mozilla/firefox
3.0.2
mozilla/firefox
3.0.3
mozilla/firefox
3.0.4
mozilla/firefox
3.0.5
mozilla/firefox
3.0.6
mozilla/firefox
3.0.7
mozilla/firefox
3.0.8
mozilla/firefox
3.0.9
... and 36 more
Published
Oct 29, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026