CVE-2008-5015
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4 assigns chrome privileges to a file: URI when it is accessed in the same tab from a chrome or privileged about: page, which makes it easier for user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4 assigns chrome privileges to a file: URI when it is accessed in the same tab from a chrome or privileged about: page, which makes it easier for user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via malicious code in a file that has already been saved on the local system.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.17% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-51.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021191
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447579
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11063
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-51.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.