4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-5019
Mozilla Firefox Session Restore XSS Privilege Escalation
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 13, 2008, 11:30 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 2:19 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-5019 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-5019.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-53.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021184 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906%2C460983
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943 Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-5019 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-5019 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.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description CVE-2008-5019 Mozilla XSS via session restore 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.
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0977 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0978 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5019 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470889 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed 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. CVE-2008-5019 Mozilla XSS via session restore
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906,460983 [Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470889 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0978 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0977 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5019 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906%2C460983 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 No Types Assigned http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 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 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 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 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906,460983 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906,460983 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021184 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021184 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 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://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 2.0.0.18 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0 up to (excluding) 3.0.4
    Added CPE Configuration 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10943 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 13, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-5019 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-5019 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.18 }} 0.00%

score

0.53787

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability