CVE-2008-4060: High severity mozilla seamonkey vulnerability

Published Sep 24, 2008
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Updated

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allow remote attackers to create documents that lack script-handling objects, and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges, via vectors related to (1) the document.loadBindingDocument function and (2) XSLT.

Affected Software

134 affected components
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.10
Mozilla SeaMonkey
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=0.9_rc
Mozilla Thunderbird=0.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=0.8
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.12
Mozilla Thunderbird=0.7.2
Mozilla Firefox=1.5-beta2
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=1.8
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.9
Mozilla Thunderbird=0.3
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.10
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.3
Mozilla Thunderbird=0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0_.5
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.11
Mozilla Firefox<=2.0.0.16
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.99
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.9
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.4
Mozilla Thunderbird<=2.0.0.16
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0-beta
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0_.12
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.15
Mozilla Firefox=1.5-beta1
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.8
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.7.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0_8
Mozilla Firefox=1.5
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=0.9.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5.0.10
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.7
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5.0.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1
Mozilla Firefox=0.10.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=0.9
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5-beta2
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.6
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.15
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.8
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.0
Mozilla Firefox=1.0
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.1
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.7
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.12
Mozilla Firefox=2.0
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.14
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.13
Mozilla SeaMonkey<=1.1.11
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0_.9
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5.0.8
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.14
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.8
Mozilla Thunderbird=0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.4
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5.2
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.9
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.7
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.12
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5.0.9
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5.0.11
Mozilla Thunderbird=0.9
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.3
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.11
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0_.13
Mozilla Firefox=3.0
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.11
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0_.14
Mozilla Thunderbird=0.7.3
Mozilla Firefox=0.9.3
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.13
Mozilla Thunderbird=0.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=0.7
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.6
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.5-beta
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.7.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.5
Mozilla Firefox=0.9.2
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0_.4
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.8
Mozilla Thunderbird=0.1
Mozilla Firefox=0.9-rc
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.8
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.3
Mozilla Thunderbird=0.7.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird=0.8
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=0.10
Mozilla Thunderbird=2.0_.6
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.10
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.6
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.8

Remediation

Patch Available

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448548

Patch Available

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451037

Event History

Sep 24, 2008
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:00 PM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4060?

CVE-2008-4060 is considered a critical vulnerability as it allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

2

How do I fix CVE-2008-4060?

To fix CVE-2008-4060, upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 2.0.0.17 or later, Thunderbird version 2.0.0.17 or later, and SeaMonkey version 1.1.12 or later.

3

Which versions of Firefox are affected by CVE-2008-4060?

Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 2.0.0.17 and all versions of 3.x before 3.0.2 are affected by CVE-2008-4060.

4

Can CVE-2008-4060 affect Thunderbird users?

Yes, CVE-2008-4060 affects Thunderbird users running versions before 2.0.0.17.

5

Is there a workaround for CVE-2008-4060?

The best approach to mitigate CVE-2008-4060 is to update to the latest versions of the affected software.

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