CVE-2008-5505: Medium severity Mozilla Firefox vulnerability

Published Dec 17, 2008
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Updated

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.

Affected Software

5 affected components
Mozilla Firefox<=3.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=3.0
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.2

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Firefox to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.0.5

Event History

Dec 17, 2008
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:00 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·11:30 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

Which Firefox installations are affected?

Mozilla Firefox 3.x releases before 3.0.5 are affected. The issue is remotely exploitable and does not require authentication.

2

What does an attacker need to do to exploit this issue?

An attacker needs to cause a vulnerable Firefox user to process XUL containing a persist attribute. This can create and access data entities similar to cookies, bypassing intended privacy restrictions.

3

What is the recommended remediation?

Upgrade Firefox to version 3.0.5 or later. The provided information does not identify a workaround for systems that cannot be updated immediately.

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