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CVE-2009-3274

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2009-10-28 mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2009-3274
Phase Assigned(20090921)

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.

References

Source Reference
MISC http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2009/09/vamos-updates.html
MISC http://securitytube.net/Zero-Day-Demos-(Firefox-Vulnerability-Discovered)-video.aspx
CONFIRM http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-53.html
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514823
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2009:294
REDHAT RHSA-2010:0153
REDHAT RHSA-2010:0154
SUNALERT 272909
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9641
SECUNIA 36649
VUPEN ADV-2009-3334
VUPEN ADV-2010-0650