high
7.5
CWE
264
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2008-4060

First published: Wed Sep 24 2008(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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

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

Remedy

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

Remedy

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Can CVE-2008-4060 affect Thunderbird users?

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

  • 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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