CVE-2009-3931
Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—
Severity9.3High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability2.25 %higher than 83% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in browser/download/download_exe.cc in Google Chrome before 3.0.195.32 allows remote attackers to force the download of certain dangerous files via a "Content-Disposition: attachment" designation, as demonstrated by (1) .mht and (2) .mhtml files, which are automatically executed by Internet Explorer 6; (3) .svg files, which are automatically executed by Safari; (4) .xml files; (5) .htt files; (6) .xsl files; (7) .xslt files; and (8) image files that are forbidden by the victim's site policy.
CVSS
- Base score
- 9.3
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 2.25 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 83
- Score date
- 10/23/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-20
References
Show 26 references
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23979
- http://codereview.chromium.org/243115
- http://codereview.chromium.org/261022
- http://codereview.chromium.org/download/issue243115_2002.diff
- http://codereview.chromium.org/download/issue261022_1.diff
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/11/stable-channel-update.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37273
- http://securethoughts.com/2009/11/using-blended-browser-threats-involving-chrome-to-steal-files-on-your-computer/
- http://www.osvdb.org/59742
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507713
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36947
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3159
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54171
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23979
- http://codereview.chromium.org/243115
- http://codereview.chromium.org/261022
- http://codereview.chromium.org/download/issue243115_2002.diff
- http://codereview.chromium.org/download/issue261022_1.diff
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/11/stable-channel-update.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37273
- http://securethoughts.com/2009/11/using-blended-browser-threats-involving-chrome-to-steal-files-on-your-computer/
- http://www.osvdb.org/59742
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507713
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36947
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3159
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54171
Raw JSON (NVD)
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