CVE-2008-3836
Mozilla Firefox FeedWriter Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Description
feedWriter in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to execute scripts with chrome privileges via vectors related to feed preview and the (1) elem.doCommand, (2) elem.dispatchEvent, (3) _setTitleText, (4) _setTitleImage, and (5) _initSubscriptionUI functions.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 24, 2008, 8:37 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE-2008-3836 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31984 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32012 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32042 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32144 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32185 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32196 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-39.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020914 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360529 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430658 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45350 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description CVE-2008-3836 mozilla: Privilege escalation using feed preview page and XSS flaw feedWriter in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to execute scripts with chrome privileges via vectors related to feed preview and the (1) elem.doCommand, (2) elem.dispatchEvent, (3) _setTitleText, (4) _setTitleImage, and (5) _initSubscriptionUI functions. Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3836 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463188 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description feedWriter in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to execute scripts with chrome privileges via vectors related to feed preview and the (1) elem.doCommand, (2) elem.dispatchEvent, (3) _setTitleText, (4) _setTitleImage, and (5) _initSubscriptionUI functions. CVE-2008-3836 mozilla: Privilege escalation using feed preview page and XSS flaw Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3836 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463188 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45350 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45350 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 25, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-3836
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Exploit Prediction
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2.76 }} -5.23%
score
0.84726
percentile