# CVE-2009-3004: Other in n/a

> Remote attackers can spoof the address bar in Avant Browser via window.open, displaying arbitrary URLs to trick users into phishing attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 28 Aug 2009
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f787-v5g2-7c4p

## What is CVE-2009-3004?

CVE-2009-3004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Aug 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

Avant Browser 11.7 Builds 35 and 36 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, via window.open with a relative URI, to show an arbitrary URL on the web site visited by the victim, as demonstrated by a visit to an attacker-controlled web page, which triggers a spoofed login form for the site containing that page.  NOTE: a related attack was reported in which an arbitrary file: URL is shown.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3004?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Avant Force Avant Browser.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-3004?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3004 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2009-3004 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3004 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-1501](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1501/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2003-1321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1321/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-3004 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-3004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3004 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3004/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3004/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3004
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3004
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-3004

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3004/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.