CVE-2009-0357 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can steal sensitive cookie data via XMLHttpRequest due to improper HTTPOnly enforcement in Firefox and SeaMonkey.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2009-0357?

CVE-2009-0357 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 4 Feb 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 before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.15 do not properly restrict access from web pages to the (1) Set-Cookie and (2) Set-Cookie2 HTTP response headers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from cookies via XMLHttpRequest calls, related to the HTTPOnly protection mechanism.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0357?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey.

How do I fix CVE-2009-0357?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-0357 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0357 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xprr-83m2-vv8v.

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