CVE-2008-4059

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors related to a SCRIPT element.

The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors related to a SCRIPT element.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 16 years ago

2008-09-24 20:37:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-29 01:31:00

Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox 0.8

0.8

Mozilla Firefox 0.9

0.9

Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc

0.9

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1

0.9.1

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2

0.9.2

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3

0.9.3

Mozilla Firefox 0.10

0.10

Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1

0.10.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.0

1.0

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1

1.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2

1.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3

1.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4

1.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5

1.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6

1.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7

1.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8

1.0.8

Mozilla Firefox 1.5

1.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1

1.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 2

1.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1

1.5.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2

1.5.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3

1.5.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4

1.5.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5

1.5.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

1.5.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7

1.5.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.8

1.5.0.8

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9

1.5.0.9

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10

1.5.0.10

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11

1.5.0.11

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12

1.5.0.12

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.1

1.5.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.2

1.5.2

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.3

1.5.3

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.4

1.5.4

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.5

1.5.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.6

1.5.6

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.7

1.5.7

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.8

1.5.8

Mozilla Firefox 1.8

1.8

Mozilla Firefox 2.0

2.0

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1

2.0.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2

2.0.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3

2.0.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4

2.0.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5

2.0.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6

2.0.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7

2.0.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8

2.0.0.8

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9

2.0.0.9

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10

2.0.0.10

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11

2.0.0.11

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12

2.0.0.12

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13

2.0.0.13

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14

2.0.0.14

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15

2.0.0.15

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16

2.0.0.16

References

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~

SUSE-SA:2008:050

31984

31985

32007

32010

32012

32025

32042

32044

32082

32092

32144

32185

32196

32845

33433

33434

34501

SSA:2008-269-02

SSA:2008-269-01

SSA:2008-270-01

256408

DSA-1649

DSA-1669

DSA-1696

DSA-1697

MDVSA-2008:205

MDVSA-2008:206

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-41.html

RHSA-2008:0882

RHSA-2008:0908

31346

1020915

USN-645-1

USN-645-2

USN-647-1

ADV-2008-2661

ADV-2009-0977

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419848

Patch

firefox2-xpcnativewrappers-code-execution(45352)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9529

FEDORA-2008-8401

FEDORA-2008-8429

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