# CVE-2009-3983: Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, allows remote attackers to send authenticated requests to

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-12-17 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, allows remote attackers to send authenticated requests to arbitrary applications by replaying the NTLM credentials of a browser user.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/37704
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37699
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39001
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37703
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0648
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37881
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01034.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37785
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-874-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37813
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00995.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-873-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38977
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023341
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8240
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023340
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1674.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01041.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1956
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37856
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1673.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37366

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