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CVE-2008-0591 Detail

Current Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12 does not properly manage a delay timer used in confirmation dialogs, which might allow remote attackers to trick users into confirming an unsafe action, such as remote file execution, by using a timer to change the window focus, aka the "dialog refocus bug" or "ffclick2".


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-06/0026.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffclick2/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28754 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28758 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28766 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28808 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28818 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28839 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28864 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28865 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28877 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28879 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28924 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28939 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28958 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29049 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29086 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29164 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29167 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29567 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30327 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30620 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2781 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1484 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1485 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1489 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1506 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:048 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:062 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-08.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0103.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0104.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0105.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470446/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487826/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488002/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488971/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24293 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27683 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019339 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-576-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0453/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0454/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0627/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=376473 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1995 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10900 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00274.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00309.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00381.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00905.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00946.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0591
NVD Published Date:
02/08/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.