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CVE-2008-5019 Detail

Description

The session restore feature in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4 and 2.x before 2.0.0.18 allows remote attackers to violate the same origin policy to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via unknown vectors.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  11/13/2008

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6


Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized modification

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
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-2008:228
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-53.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021184
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906,460983
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10943
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10943

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 2.0.0.17
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 3.0.3
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5019
NVD Published Date:
11/13/2008
NVD Last Modified:
09/28/2017