CVE-2008-5023

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 14.53% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-57.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021189 vdb entry third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 third party 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
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424733 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 third party advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9908 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5023?
CVE-2008-5023 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5023?
To fix CVE-2008-5023, 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-2008-5023 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5023 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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