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medium 5.0

CVE-2009-0357 json

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-C…

published 2009-02-04 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0361

cvss
5.0
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 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • 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
  • seamonkey-chat RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.32.el3
  • seamonkey-chat RHEL 4 1.0.9-35.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-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-2009-0357 updated cvss 4.3

Firefox XMLHttpRequest allows reading HTTPOnly cookies

  • 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, +2 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, 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, +2 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, +2 more 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, +2 more
    +1 more products
    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

1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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.