CVE-2009-3376

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-10-29
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.15 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0, does not properly handle a right-to-left override (aka RLO or U+202E) Unicode character in a download filename, which allows remote attackers to spoof file extensions via a crafted filename, as demonstrated by displaying a non-executable extension for an executable file.

See more information about CVE-2009-3376 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:	9.3
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2009-1531	2009-10-28
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-1530	2009-10-28
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (nspr)	ELSA-2009-1530	2009-10-28
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2009-1531	2009-10-28
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2010-0154	2010-03-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-1530	2009-10-28
Oracle Linux version 5 (nspr)	ELSA-2009-1530	2009-10-28
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2009-1530	2009-10-28