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CVE-2008-5507 Detail

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 allow remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy and access portions of data from another domain via a JavaScript URL that redirects to the target resource, which generates an error if the target data does not have JavaScript syntax, which can be accessed using the window.onerror DOM API.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  12/17/2008

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 6.8


Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): Single
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-011.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-65.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499353/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021423
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461735
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47413
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9376
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9376
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9376

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)

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:2.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:2.0.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 2.0.0.18
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 3.0.4
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 1.1.13
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 2.0.0.18

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5507
NVD Published Date:
12/17/2008
NVD Last Modified:
10/11/2018