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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-3274

Published: Sep 21, 2009 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
3.6 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3274
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.1 (including)2.0.0.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.2 (including)2.0.0.2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.3 (including)2.0.0.3 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.4 (including)2.0.0.4 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.5 (including)2.0.0.5 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.6 (including)2.0.0.6 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.7 (including)2.0.0.7 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.8 (including)2.0.0.8 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.9 (including)2.0.0.9 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.10 (including)2.0.0.10 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.11 (including)2.0.0.11 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.12 (including)2.0.0.12 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.13 (including)2.0.0.13 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.14 (including)2.0.0.14 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.15 (including)2.0.0.15 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.16 (including)2.0.0.16 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.17 (including)2.0.0.17 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.18 (including)2.0.0.18 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.19 (including)2.0.0.19 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.20 (including)2.0.0.20 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.2 (including)3.0.2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.3 (including)3.0.3 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.4 (including)3.0.4 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.5 (including)3.0.5 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.6 (including)3.0.6 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.7 (including)3.0.7 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.8 (including)3.0.8 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.9 (including)3.0.9 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.10 (including)3.0.10 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.11 (including)3.0.11 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.12 (including)3.0.12 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.13 (including)3.0.13 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.0.14 (including)3.0.14 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.5 (including)3.5 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.5.1 (including)3.5.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.5.2 (including)3.5.2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.5.3 (including)3.5.3 (including)
FirefoxMozilla3.6-a1 (including)3.6-a1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.47.el3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatfirefox-0:3.0.15-3.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatnspr-0:4.7.6-1.el4_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.9-50.el4_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatthunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-25.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:3.0.15-3.el5_4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatnspr-0:4.7.6-1.el5_4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatxulrunner-0:1.9.0.15-3.el5_4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4*
FirefoxUbuntudapper*
FirefoxUbuntuhardy*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
XulrunnerUbuntuhardy*
XulrunnerUbuntuintrepid*
XulrunnerUbuntujaunty*
XulrunnerUbuntukarmic*
XulrunnerUbuntuupstream*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntuhardy*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntuintrepid*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntujaunty*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntuupstream*
Xulrunner-1.9.1Ubuntujaunty*
Xulrunner-1.9.1Ubuntukarmic*
Xulrunner-1.9.1Ubuntuupstream*

References

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