CVE-2009-3274: Mozilla Firefox

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Mozilla Firefox 3.6a1, 3.5.3, 3.5.2, and earlier 3.5.x versions, and 3.0.14 and earlier 2.x and 3.x versions, on Linux uses a predictable /tmp pathname for files selected from the Downloads window, which allows local users to replace an arbitrary downloaded file by placing a file in a /tmp location before the download occurs, related to the Download Manager component. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: version 2.0 only; version 2.0.0.1 only; version 2.0.0.2 only; version 2.0.0.3 only; version 2.0.0.4 only; version 2.0.0.5 only; …

Published 2009-09-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.