CVE-2009-3986
Mozilla Firefox Chrome Privilege Escalation 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 execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges by leveraging a reference to a chrome window from a content window, related to the window.opener property.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 17, 2009, 5:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update Firefox or SeaMonkey to the latest versions.
- Update affected packages.
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-2009-3986.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-3986 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-2009-3986
weaknesses.
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-2009-3986 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2009-3986 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.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37699 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37704 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37785 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37813 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37856 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37881 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1023344 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1023345 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1956 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-70.html Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_63_firefox.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37365 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-873-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-874-1 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522430 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546724 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54803 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11568 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8489 Added Reference https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1674.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00995.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01034.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01041.html -
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:8489 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11568 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8489 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11568 [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/54803 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54803 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 18, 2009
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.6
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.43 }} -0.35%
score
0.84218
percentile