# CVE-2009-5097: Palm Pre WebOS 1.1 and earlier processes JavaScript in email messages, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript, as dem

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-09-13 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Palm Pre WebOS 1.1 and earlier processes JavaScript in email messages, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript, as demonstrated by reading PalmDatabase.db3.

## What to do

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## References

- http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/na/pre/p100eww/sprint/solutions/article/50607_en.html#12
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022987
- http://tlhsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/10/palm-pre-webos-11-remote-file-access.html
- http://www.precentral.net/webos-1-2-fixed-serious-file-security-issue
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36936

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