CVE-2009-3274

Vulnerability Description

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.

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References

• http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2009/09/vamos-updates.htmlBroken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36649Third Party Advisory
• http://securitytube.net/Zero-Day-Demos-%28Firefox-Vulnerability-Discovered%29-vi
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-272909-1Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:294Broken Link
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-53.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3334Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514823Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Third Party Advisory
• http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2009/09/vamos-updates.htmlBroken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36649Third Party Advisory
• http://securitytube.net/Zero-Day-Demos-%28Firefox-Vulnerability-Discovered%29-vi