CVE-2008-5023
Firefox Codebase Principal Bypass Through Signed JAR File
Description
Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to bypass the protection mechanism for codebase principals and execute arbitrary script via the -moz-binding CSS property in a signed JAR file.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 13, 2008, 11:30 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 2, 2018, 1:49 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2008-5023
vulnerability.
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products
that
are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
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CVE-2008-5023
.
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CVE-2008-5023
vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2008-5023
vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
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 http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 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://secunia.com/advisories/32853 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 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://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 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 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021189 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021189 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 Third Party Advisory 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/32845 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 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 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424733 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424733 Issue Tracking, Vendor 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%3A9908 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9908 Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9_rc:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.0.0.17 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.0.3 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:beta:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:dev:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *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:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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:1.0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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:1.1.5:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:* *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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.1.12 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 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0 up to (excluding) 1.1.13 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:beta:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
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:9908 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9908 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 13, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-5023
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-2008-5023
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.84 }} 0.00%
score
0.79537
percentile