CVE-2009-3986

Mozilla Firefox <3.0.16 & 3.5.x <3.5.6 - XSS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (25)

Core 25
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8489
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_63_firefox.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1956
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37704
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37699
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11568
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37881
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37785
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023345
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-874-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37813
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522430
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-873-1
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546724
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37365
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1674.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37856
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023344
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54803

Scores

EPSS 0.0371
EPSS Percentile 88.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-94
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 Dec 17, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026