CVE-2009-0355

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-02-04
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

components/sessionstore/src/nsSessionStore.js in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 does not block changes of INPUT elements to type=file during tab restoration, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files on a client machine via a crafted INPUT element.

See more information about CVE-2009-0355 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.4
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2009-0257	2009-02-04
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-0256	2009-02-04
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (nss)	ELSA-2009-0256	2009-02-04
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2009-0257	2009-02-04
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2009-0258	2009-03-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-0256	2009-02-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (nss)	ELSA-2009-0256	2009-02-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2009-0256	2009-02-04