CVE-2008-5505

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.83% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5505?
CVE-2008-5505 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5505?
To fix CVE-2008-5505, 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-2008-5505 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2008-5505 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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