CVE-2008-5503
"Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey XBL Cross-Domain Data Disclosure Vulnerability"
Description
The loadBindingDocument function in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 does not perform any security checks related to the same-domain policy, which allows remote attackers to read or access data from other domains via crafted XBL bindings.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 17, 2008, 11:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
4.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2008-5503
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.
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-2008-5503.
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-2008-5503 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2008-5503 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://secunia.com/advisories/33184 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33189 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33204 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33205 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33231 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33232 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33408 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33415 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33421 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33523 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33547 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35080 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-61.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021424 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=379959 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47409 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11423 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-690-3 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/ [No Types Assigned] -
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:11423 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11423 [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/47409 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47409 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 18, 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-2008-5503 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-2008-5503
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.84 }} -1.71%
score
0.72614
percentile