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    CVE-2009-3274

    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.

    Published:Sep 9, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Sep 21, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.0014
    CVSS Score:4.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2009/09/vamos-updates.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36649
    http://securitytube.net/Zero-Day-Demos-%28Firefox-Vulnerability-Discovered%29-video.aspx
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-272909-1
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:294
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-53.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3334
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514823
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9641
    http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2009/09/vamos-updates.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36649
    http://securitytube.net/Zero-Day-Demos-%28Firefox-Vulnerability-Discovered%29-video.aspx
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-272909-1
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:294
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-53.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3334
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514823
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9641

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High