CVE-2009-4101

infoRSS 1.1.4.2 and earlier extension for Firefox performs certain operations with chrome privileges, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands and perform cross-domain scripting attacks via the description tag of an RSS feed.

CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

9.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/37467	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3323	Vendor Advisory
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/361#version-1.2.0
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54370

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

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	cpe:2.3:a:didier_ernotte:inforss:1.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:didier_ernotte:inforss:1.1.2:::::::*
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	cpe:2.3:a:didier_ernotte:inforss:1.1.4.1:::::::*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2009-11-29 13:08

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:51

NVD link : CVE-2009-4101

Mitre link : CVE-2009-4101

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-4101

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

didier_ernotte

inforss

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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