FKIE_CVE-2009-3478
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-09-29 23:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:11
Severity
Summary
Argument injection vulnerability in (1) src/content/js/connection/sftp.js and (2) src/content/js/connection/controlSocket.js.in in FireFTP Extension 1.0.5 for Firefox allows remote authenticated SFTP users to cause victims to alter permissions, delete, download, or move the wrong file via a filename containing " (double quotes), which is not properly filtered or encoded when FireFTP constructs the command to send to psftp.exe.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nightlight | fireftp | 1.0.5 | |
| mozilla | firefox | * |
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