CVE-2008-5015

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4 assigns chrome privileges to a file: URI when it is accessed in the same tab from a chrome or privileged about: page, which makes it easier for user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via malicious code in a file that has already been saved on the local system.

Category

5.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.71% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11063 vdb entry signature
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021191 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447579
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-51.html vendor advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5015?
CVE-2008-5015 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5015?
To fix CVE-2008-5015, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-5015 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5015 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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