CVE-2009-0357 Information disclosure in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xprr-83m2-vv8v.