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CVE-2009-1835

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 associate local documents with external domain names located after the file:// substring in a URL, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary cookies via a crafted HTML document, as demonstrated by a URL with file://example.com/C:/ at the beginning.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2009-1835 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from mozilla, from mozilla organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2009, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2009-06-12T21:30:00.297

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 3.0.10	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.6.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.7.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.9.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.9.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.9.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.9_rc	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.10	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.10.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.0.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.0.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.0.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.0.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.0.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.0.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.4.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.10	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.11	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.12	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.10	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.11	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.12	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.13	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.14	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.15	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.16	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.17	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.18	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.19	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.20	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.21	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0_.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0_.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0_.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0_.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0_.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0_.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0_.10	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0_8	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	≤ 1.1.16	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.99	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.10	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.11	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.12	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.13	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.15	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/55161 ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1096.html Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35428 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35439 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35561 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35882 ([email protected])
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468 ([email protected])
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.425408 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820 ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-26.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35391 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2152 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491801 Exploit ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503576 Exploit ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9803 ([email protected])
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html Patch ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00444.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00504.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/55161 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1096.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35428 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35439 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35561 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35882 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.425408 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-26.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35391 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2152 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491801 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503576 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9803 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00444.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00504.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mozilla's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.