CVE-2008-4059
published 2008-09-24CVE-2008-4059: The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary code with chrome…
PriorityP340high7.5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPIPAP
EPSS
5.00%
91.4th percentile
The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors related to a SCRIPT element.
Affected
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
vendor_ubuntu10.0CRITICAL
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2008-09-26·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2008-4067 [HIGH] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the same-origin check in Thunderbird could
be bypassed. If a user had JavaScript enabled and were tricked into
opening a malicious website, an attacker may be able to execute
JavaScript in the context of a different website. (CVE-2008-3835)
Several problems were discovered in the browser engine of
Thunderbird. If a user had JavaScript enabled, this could allow an
attacker to execute code with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-4058,
CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060)
Drew Yao, David Maciejak and other Mozilla developers found several
problems in the browser engine of Thunderbird. If a user had
JavaScript enabled and were tricked into opening a malicious web
page, an attacker could cause a denial of serv
Ubuntu
Firefox and xulrunner regression
vendor_ubuntu·2008-09-25·CVSS 10.0
[CRITICAL] Firefox and xulrunner regression
Title: Firefox and xulrunner regression
Summary: Firefox and xulrunner regression
USN-645-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and xulrunner. The upstream
patches introduced a regression in the saved password handling. While
password data was not lost, if a user had saved any passwords with
non-ASCII characters, Firefox could not access the password database.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Justin Schuh, Tom Cross and Peter Williams discovered errors in the
Firefox URL parsing routines. If a user were tricked into opening a
crafted hyperlink, an attacker could overflow a stack buffer and
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-0016)
It was discovered that the same-origin check in Firefox could be
bypassed. If a user were tricked i
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2008-09-24·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2008-0016 [CRITICAL] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox vulnerabilities
USN-645-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and xulrunner for Ubuntu
7.04, 7.10 and 8.04 LTS. This provides the corresponding update for
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Justin Schuh, Tom Cross and Peter Williams discovered errors in the
Firefox URL parsing routines. If a user were tricked into opening a
crafted hyperlink, an attacker could overflow a stack buffer and
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-0016)
It was discovered that the same-origin check in Firefox could be
bypassed. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website,
an attacker may be able to execute JavaScript in the context of a
different website. (CVE-2008-3835)
Several problems were discovered in the JavaScript engine. This
could allow
Ubuntu
Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2008-09-24·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2008-0016 [CRITICAL] Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
Justin Schuh, Tom Cross and Peter Williams discovered errors in the
Firefox URL parsing routines. If a user were tricked into opening a
crafted hyperlink, an attacker could overflow a stack buffer and
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-0016)
It was discovered that the same-origin check in Firefox could be
bypassed. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website,
an attacker may be able to execute JavaScript in the context of a
different website. (CVE-2008-3835)
Several problems were discovered in the JavaScript engine. This
could allow an attacker to execute scripts from page content with
chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-3836)
Paul Nickerson discovered Firefox did not properly process mouse
Red Hat
Mozilla privilege escalation via XPCnativeWrapper pollution
vendor_redhat·2008-09-23·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2008-4059 [HIGH] Mozilla privilege escalation via XPCnativeWrapper pollution
Mozilla privilege escalation via XPCnativeWrapper pollution
The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors related to a SCRIPT element.
GHSA
GHSA-r373-c84r-h3c6: The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-02
CVE-2008-4059 [HIGH] GHSA-r373-c84r-h3c6: The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2
The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors related to a SCRIPT element.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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2008-09-24
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