CVE-2009-1839

MediumCVSS 5.4/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.11 associates an incorrect principal with a file: URL loaded through the location bar, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and read files via a crafted HTML document, aka a "file-URL-to-file-URL scripting" attack.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.4/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 12, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2009-1839: Medium severity, CVSS 5.4 | Vulnix