CVE-2009-0253 describes a clickjacking vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 that allows remote attackers to trick users into visiting arbitrary URLs. This is achieved by manipulating an element's position on a click event, leading to "Status Bar Obfuscation." The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium access complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit code for this specific issue is publicly available on ExploitDB, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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