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.
CVE-2009-3274
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
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- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 21.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 21, 2009
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (24)
- cve@mitrehttp://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2009/09/vamos-updates.html
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/36649
- cve@mitrehttp://securitytube.net/Zero-Day-Demos-%28Firefox-Vulnerability-Discovered%29-video.aspx
- cve@mitrehttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-272909-1
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:294
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-53.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3334
- cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514823
- cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9641
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2009/09/vamos-updates.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36649
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytube.net/Zero-Day-Demos-%28Firefox-Vulnerability-Discovered%29-video.aspx
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | firefox-3.5 (3.5.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1) @ karmic | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-25.el4 | 2010-03-17 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4 | 2010-03-17 | redhat |
| redhat | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-50.el4_8 | 2009-10-27 | redhat |
| redhat | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.15-3.el5_4 | 2009-10-27 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
All Vendor Advisories
(5)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1530MODERATE2009-09-09
RHSA-2009:1530 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1531MODERATE2009-09-09
RHSA-2009:1531 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0153MODERATE2009-09-09
RHSA-2010:0153 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0154MODERATE2009-09-09
RHSA-2010:0154 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-853-1LOW
Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
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