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CVE-2009-0253 (GCVE-0-2009-0253)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-22 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:24
VLAI
Summary
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to trick a user into visiting an arbitrary URL via an onclick action that moves a crafted element to the current mouse position, related to a "Status Bar Obfuscation" and "Clickjacking" attack.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7842 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4936 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Date Public
2009-01-21 00:00
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