CVE-2009-0253 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2009-0253?

CVE-2009-0253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 22 Jan 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to trick a user into visiting an arbitrary URL via an onclick action that moves a crafted element to the current mouse position, related to a "Status Bar Obfuscation" and "Clickjacking" attack.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0253?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2009-0253?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0253 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2009-0253 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-0253 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-46q2-jwmx-26gx.