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medium 5.4

CVE-2009-0355 json

components/sessionstore/src/nsSessionStore.js in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 does not block changes of INPUT elements to type="file" durin…

published 2009-02-04 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0359

cvss
5.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

components/sessionstore/src/nsSessionStore.js in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 does not block changes of INPUT elements to type="file" during tab restoration, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files on a client machine via a crafted INPUT element.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 4 1.5.0.12-19.el4
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.0.0.21-1.el5
  • seamonkey RHEL 2.1 1.0.9-0.27.el2
  • seamonkey RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.32.el3
  • seamonkey RHEL 4 1.0.9-35.el4
  • seamonkey-nss RHEL 2.1 1.0.9-0.27.el2
  • seamonkey-nss RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.32.el3
  • seamonkey-chat RHEL 2.1 1.0.9-0.27.el2

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0258RHSA-2009:0257RHSA-2009:0256

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-0355 updated cvss 2.6

Firefox local file stealing with SessionStore

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.32.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0257
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) nss 3.12.2.0-4.el5, firefox 3.0.6-1.el5, xulrunner 1.9.0.6-1.el5, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-4.el5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.6-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0256
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.27.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.32.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 nss 3.12.2.0-3.el4, firefox 3.0.6-1.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-35.el4, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-3.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-35.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-35.el4, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0257
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) nss 3.12.2.0-4.el5, firefox 3.0.6-1.el5, xulrunner 1.9.0.6-1.el5, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-4.el5, thunderbird 2.0.0.21-1.el5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.6-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0256
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 nss 3.12.2.0-3.el4, firefox 3.0.6-1.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-35.el4, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-3.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-35.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-35.el4, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0257
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) nss 3.12.2.0-4.el5, xulrunner 1.9.0.6-1.el5, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-4.el5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.6-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0256
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.27.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.32.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 nss 3.12.2.0-3.el4, firefox 3.0.6-1.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-35.el4, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-3.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-35.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-35.el4, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0257
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 2.0.0.21-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0258
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.27.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.32.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.32.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 nss 3.12.2.0-3.el4, firefox 3.0.6-1.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-35.el4, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-3.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-35.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-35.el4, +3 more Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.27.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.27.el2, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0257

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Exploit prediction

1.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.4 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.