FKIE_CVE-2009-3478

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-09-29 23:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:11
Severity
Summary
Argument injection vulnerability in (1) src/content/js/connection/sftp.js and (2) src/content/js/connection/controlSocket.js.in in FireFTP Extension 1.0.5 for Firefox allows remote authenticated SFTP users to cause victims to alter permissions, delete, download, or move the wrong file via a filename containing " (double quotes), which is not properly filtered or encoded when FireFTP constructs the command to send to psftp.exe.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/36860Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://vuln.sg/fireftp105-en.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/fireftp/src/content/js/connection/controlSocket.js.in.diff?r1=1.74%3Br2=1.75%3Bf=h
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/fireftp/src/content/js/connection/controlSocket.js.in.diff?r1=1.75%3Br2=1.76%3Bf=h
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/fireftp/src/content/js/connection/sftp.js.diff?r1=1.8%3Br2=1.9%3Bf=h
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36536Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36860Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://vuln.sg/fireftp105-en.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/fireftp/src/content/js/connection/controlSocket.js.in.diff?r1=1.74%3Br2=1.75%3Bf=h
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/fireftp/src/content/js/connection/controlSocket.js.in.diff?r1=1.75%3Br2=1.76%3Bf=h
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/fireftp/src/content/js/connection/sftp.js.diff?r1=1.8%3Br2=1.9%3Bf=h
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36536Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nightlight fireftp 1.0.5
mozilla firefox *
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