CVE-2009-3375 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass Same Origin Policy to read arbitrary content selections in Firefox via user-assisted interaction.

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-2009-3375?

CVE-2009-3375 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 29 Oct 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

content/html/document/src/nsHTMLDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.15 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read an arbitrary content selection via the document.getSelection function.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3375?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3375?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-3375 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3375 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w757-mvqp-v98h.

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