5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-5505
Mozilla Firefox Persistence Bypass Vulnerability
Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to bypass intended privacy restrictions by using the persist attribute in an XUL element to create and access data entities that are similar to cookies.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 17, 2008, 11:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-5505 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
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-2008-5505.

URL Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-63.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021428
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295994
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47411
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10443
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-63.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021428
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295994
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47411
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10443
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-5505 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-5505 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
    Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-63.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021428
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295994
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47411
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10443
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
  • 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-690-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/ [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:10443 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10443 [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/47411 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47411 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 18, 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-2008-5505 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-2008-5505 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.83 }} -0.73%

score

0.72442

percentile

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