National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3274

Overview

Mozilla Firefox 3.6a1, 3.5.3, 3.5.2, and earlier 3.5.x versions, and 3.0.14 and earlier 2.x and 3.x versions, on Linux uses a predictable /tmp pathname for files selected from the Downloads window, which allows local users to replace an arbitrary downloaded file by placing a file in a /tmp location before the download occurs, related to the Download Manager component. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514823

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514823

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0650

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3334

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3334

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2010:0154

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2010:0153

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-53.html

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-53.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:294

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:294

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 272909

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-272909-1

External Source: MISC

Name: http://securitytube.net/Zero-Day-Demos-(Firefox-Vulnerability-Discovered)-video.aspx

Hyperlink:http://securitytube.net/Zero-Day-Demos-%28Firefox-Vulnerability-Discovered%29-video.aspx

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36649

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36649

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9641

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9641

External Source: MISC

Name: http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2009/09/vamos-updates.html

Hyperlink:http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2009/09/vamos-updates.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9641

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9641