5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2009-3988
Mozilla Firefox showModalDialog XSS
Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly restrict read access to object properties in showModalDialog, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted dialogArguments values.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 22, 2010, 1 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-3988 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-2009-3988.

URL Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035346.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035367.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035426.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37242
http://secunia.com/advisories/38847
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1999
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:042
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-04.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0112.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-895-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-896-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0405
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504862
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56362
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8355
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9384
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035346.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035367.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035426.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37242
http://secunia.com/advisories/38847
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1999
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:042
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-04.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0112.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-895-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-896-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0405
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504862
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56362
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8355
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9384

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-3988 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-3988 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035346.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035367.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035426.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37242
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/38847
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1999
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:042
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-04.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0112.html
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-895-1
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-896-1
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0405
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504862
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56362
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8355
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9384
  • 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:9384 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8355 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9384 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8355 [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/56362 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56362 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 22, 2010

    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-2009-3988 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-2009-3988 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.21 }} -0.24%

score

0.43779

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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Access Complexity
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Confidentiality
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