6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2009-3985
Mozilla Firefox/Mozilla SeaMonkey Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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 associate spoofed content with an invalid URL by setting document.location to this URL, and then writing arbitrary web script or HTML to the associated blank document, a related issue to CVE-2009-2654.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 17, 2009, 5:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 19, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-3985 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
2 Mozilla seamonkey
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-2009-3985.

URL Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/37699 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37704 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37785 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37813
http://secunia.com/advisories/37856
http://secunia.com/advisories/37881
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023342 Patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023343
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1956
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-69.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_63_firefox.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37370
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-873-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-874-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514232
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546726
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54808
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8480
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9911
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1674.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00995.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01034.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01041.html

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-2009-3985 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-3985 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 [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:8480 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9911 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9911 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8480 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54808 [Patch]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54808 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 18, 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-2009-3985 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-2009-3985 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

1.55 }} 0.00%

score

0.85089

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability