CVE-2009-3007

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1 and SeaMonkey 1.1.17, and Flock 2.5.1, allow context-dependent attackers to spoof the address bar, via window.open with a relative URI, to show an arbitrary file: URL after a victim has visited any file: URL, as demonstrated by a visit to a file: document written by the attacker.

Published: 2009-08-28 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-3007 is rated Low Risk (32.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3007

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.49% 0.25% -0.24%
2 2025-03-29 0.25% 0.49% +0.24%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3007

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3007

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-3007

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3007
ubuntu low CVE-2009-3007 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (seamonkey, xulrunner-1.9.1), 28 status rows across 14 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): DNE 16, ignored 8, not-affected 2, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3007

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3007

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
flock flock 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:flock:flock:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 1.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3007

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