10.0
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-3079
Mozilla Firefox Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.14, and 3.5.x before 3.5.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via vectors involving an object, the FeedWriter, and the BrowserFeedWriter.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 10, 2009, 9:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-3079 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-3079.

URL Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/36670
http://secunia.com/advisories/36671
http://secunia.com/advisories/36757
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1886
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-51.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1430.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36343
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022873
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454363
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10390
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6250
http://secunia.com/advisories/36670
http://secunia.com/advisories/36671
http://secunia.com/advisories/36757
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1886
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-51.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1430.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36343
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022873
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454363
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10390
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6250

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-3079 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-3079 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/36670
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/36671
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/36757
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37098
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1886
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-51.html
    Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1430.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36343
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022873
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454363
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10390
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6250
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • 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:6250 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10390 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6250 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10390 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 11, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-3079 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-2009-3079 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.60 }} -3.89%

score

0.80039

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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Access Complexity
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