CVE-2008-5511

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Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an XBL binding to an "unloaded document."

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References
Link Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33232 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33415 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33547 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080 Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-68.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021418 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451680 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464174 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47417 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11881 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

13 Feb 2023, 02:19

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476285', 'name': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476285', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1037', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1037', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0002', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0002', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5511', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5511', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1036', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1036', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
Summary CVE-2008-5511 Firefox XSS via XBL bindings to unloaded document Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an XBL binding to an "unloaded document."

02 Feb 2023, 17:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an XBL binding to an "unloaded document." CVE-2008-5511 Firefox XSS via XBL bindings to unloaded document
References
  • (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476285 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1037 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0002 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5511 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1036 -
Information

Published : 2008-12-17 23:30

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:51

NVD link : CVE-2008-5511

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5511

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-5511

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Products Affected

mozilla

  • thunderbird
  • firefox
  • seamonkey

debian

  • debian_linux

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')