ID CVE-2009-1044
Summary Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the _moveToEdgeShift XUL tree method, which triggers garbage collection on objects that are still in use, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 9.3 (as of 10-10-2018 - 19:32)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-399
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK MEDIUM NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
oval via4
accepted 2013-04-29T04:13:33.381-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Aharon Chernin
    organization SCAP.com, LLC
  • name Dragos Prisaca
    organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782
  • comment CentOS Linux 3.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
  • comment CentOS Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
  • comment Oracle Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11414
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15802
  • comment Oracle Linux 5.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15459
description Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the _moveToEdgeShift XUL tree method, which triggers garbage collection on objects that are still in use, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.
family unix
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11368
status accepted
submitted 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
title Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the _moveToEdgeShift XUL tree method, which triggers garbage collection on objects that are still in use, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.
version 30
redhat via4
advisories
  • rhsa
    id RHSA-2009:0397
  • rhsa
    id RHSA-2009:0398
rpms
  • firefox-0:3.0.7-3.el4
  • firefox-debuginfo-0:3.0.7-3.el4
  • xulrunner-0:1.9.0.7-3.el5
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-0:1.9.0.7-3.el5
  • xulrunner-devel-0:1.9.0.7-3.el5
  • xulrunner-devel-unstable-0:1.9.0.7-3.el5
  • seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.32.el2
  • seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.36.el3
  • seamonkey-0:1.0.9-40.el4
  • seamonkey-chat-0:1.0.9-0.32.el2
  • seamonkey-chat-0:1.0.9-0.36.el3
  • seamonkey-chat-0:1.0.9-40.el4
  • seamonkey-debuginfo-0:1.0.9-0.36.el3
  • seamonkey-debuginfo-0:1.0.9-40.el4
  • seamonkey-devel-0:1.0.9-0.32.el2
  • seamonkey-devel-0:1.0.9-0.36.el3
  • seamonkey-devel-0:1.0.9-40.el4
  • seamonkey-dom-inspector-0:1.0.9-0.32.el2
  • seamonkey-dom-inspector-0:1.0.9-0.36.el3
  • seamonkey-dom-inspector-0:1.0.9-40.el4
  • seamonkey-js-debugger-0:1.0.9-0.32.el2
  • seamonkey-js-debugger-0:1.0.9-0.36.el3
  • seamonkey-js-debugger-0:1.0.9-40.el4
  • seamonkey-mail-0:1.0.9-0.32.el2
  • seamonkey-mail-0:1.0.9-0.36.el3
  • seamonkey-mail-0:1.0.9-40.el4
  • seamonkey-nspr-0:1.0.9-0.32.el2
  • seamonkey-nspr-0:1.0.9-0.36.el3
  • seamonkey-nspr-devel-0:1.0.9-0.32.el2
  • seamonkey-nspr-devel-0:1.0.9-0.36.el3
  • seamonkey-nss-0:1.0.9-0.32.el2
  • seamonkey-nss-0:1.0.9-0.36.el3
  • seamonkey-nss-devel-0:1.0.9-0.32.el2
  • seamonkey-nss-devel-0:1.0.9-0.36.el3
refmap via4
bid 34181
bugtraq 20090330 ZDI-09-015: Mozilla Firefox XUL _moveToEdgeShift() Memory Corruption Vulnerability
confirm
debian DSA-1756
fedora
  • FEDORA-2009-3099
  • FEDORA-2009-3100
  • FEDORA-2009-3101
mandriva MDVSA-2009:084
misc
osvdb 52896
sectrack 1021878
secunia
  • 34471
  • 34505
  • 34510
  • 34511
  • 34521
  • 34527
  • 34549
  • 34550
  • 34792
suse SUSE-SA:2009:022
ubuntu USN-745-1
vupen ADV-2009-0864
Last major update 10-10-2018 - 19:32
Published 23-03-2009 - 14:19
Last modified 10-10-2018 - 19:32
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