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MFSA2009-32 Firefox: JavaScript chrome privilege escalation (CVE-2009-1841)

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MFSA2009-32 Firefox: JavaScript chrome privilege escalation (CVE-2009-1841)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/12/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/14/2012
Modified
05/27/2016

Description

js/src/xpconnect/src/xpcwrappedjsclass.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script with the privileges of a chrome object, as demonstrated by the browser sidebar and the FeedWriter.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-3_0_11

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