CVE-2009-2472

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-07-21
Bugzilla:
512147: CVE-2009-2472 Mozilla multiple cross origin wrapper bypasses

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 does not always use XPCCrossOriginWrapper when required during object construction, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted document, related to a "cross origin wrapper bypass."

Find out more about CVE-2009-2472 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RHSA-2009:1162 2009-07-22
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (firefox) RHSA-2009:1162 2009-07-22

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