VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-5505
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to bypass intended privacy restrictions by using the persist attribute in an XUL element to create and access data entities that are similar to cookies.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.30%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to bypass intended privacy restrictions by using the persist attribute in an XUL element to create and access data entities that are similar to cookies.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.30% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-63.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021428
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295994
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47411
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10443
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-63.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021428
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295994
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47411
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10443
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.