CVE-2009-2471
Mozilla Firefox setTimeout Object Wrapping Vulnerability (Arbitrary JavaScript Execution)
Description
The setTimeout function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 does not properly preserve object wrapping, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted call, related to XPCNativeWrapper.
INFO
Published Date :
July 22, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE-2009-2471 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35914 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35944 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/36005 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/36145 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-39.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460882 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10572 Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01032.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10572 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10572 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 22, 2009
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-2471 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-2471
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.24 }} -3.28%
score
0.83073
percentile