CVE-2009-3478

critical

Description

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36536

http://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/fireftp/src/content/js/connection/sftp.js.diff?r1=1.8%3Br2=1.9%3Bf=h

http://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/fireftp/src/content/js/connection/controlSocket.js.in.diff?r1=1.75%3Br2=1.76%3Bf=h

http://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/fireftp/src/content/js/connection/controlSocket.js.in.diff?r1=1.74%3Br2=1.75%3Bf=h

http://secunia.com/advisories/36860

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-09-29

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00663