CVE-2009-0358

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.6 does not properly implement the (1) no-store and (2) no-cache Cache-Control directives, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by using the (a) back button or (b) history list of the victim's browser, as demonstrated by reading the response page of an https POST request.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 3.0, 3.0-alpha, 3.0-beta2, 3.0-beta5, 3.0.1, 3.0.2 (+3)

References

http://blogs.imeta.co.uk/JDeabill/archive/2008/07/14/303.aspx
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00001.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0256.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33799
http://secunia.com/advisories/33809
http://secunia.com/advisories/33831
http://secunia.com/advisories/33841
http://secunia.com/advisories/33846
http://secunia.com/advisories/33869
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-040.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:044
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-06.html

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