NVD

CVE-2008-5506 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy by causing the browser to issue an XMLHttpRequest to an attacker-controlled resource that uses a 302 redirect to a resource in a different domain, then reading content from the response, aka "response disclosure."

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33232	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33232	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33415	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33415	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33547	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33547	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1	Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-64.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-64.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021427	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021427	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458248	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458248	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47412	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47412	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10512	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10512	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	NIST

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Change History

7 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:54:12 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33184
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33189
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33204
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33205
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33231
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33232
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33408
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33415
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33421
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33523
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33547
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/35080
Added	Reference	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Added	Reference	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012
Added	Reference	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-64.html
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
Added	Reference	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021427
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458248
Added	Reference	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47412
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10512
Added	Reference	https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
Added	Reference	https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/

Modified Analysis by NIST 11/08/2018 3:12:00 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 3345 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0::::::: 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	OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::lts:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::lts:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 2.0.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions from (including) 3.0 up to (excluding) 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::* versions from (including) 1.0 up to (excluding) 1.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 2.0.0.19
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33184 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33184 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33188 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33188 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33189 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33189 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33203 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33203 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33204 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33204 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33205 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33205 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33216 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33216 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33231 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33231 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33232 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33232 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33408 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33408 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33415 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33415 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33421 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33421 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33523 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33523 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33547 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33547 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35080 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35080 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 No Types Assigned	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1 No Types Assigned	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021427 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021427 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458248 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458248 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47412 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47412 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10512 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10512 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/ No Types Assigned	https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/ Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/ No Types Assigned	https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/ Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5506
NVD Published Date:
12/17/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2008-5506 Detail

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:54:12 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 9:59:23 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 11/08/2018 3:12:00 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/03/2018 5:56:47 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/28/2017 9:32:38 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 8/07/2017 9:33:20 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 12/18/2008 1:44:00 PM

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