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CVE-2008-1241

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1241 describes a GUI overlay vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9. This flaw allows remote attackers to spoof form elements and redirect user input by leveraging a borderless XUL pop-up window originating from a background tab. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a potential impact of partial information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0179 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.14.el2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.16.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:1.5.0.12-0.14.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-15.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-10.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:1.5.0.12-14.el5_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-11.el5_1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1241Moderate

XUL popup spoofing

Mar 25, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00002.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0208.html
secunia.com / advisories/29391
secunia.com / advisories/29526
secunia.com / advisories/29539
secunia.com / advisories/29541
secunia.com / advisories/29547
secunia.com / advisories/29550
secunia.com / advisories/29558
secunia.com / advisories/29560
secunia.com / advisories/29607
secunia.com / advisories/29616
secunia.com / advisories/29645
secunia.com / advisories/30327
secunia.com / advisories/30620
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41454
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11163
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1532
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1534
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1535
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-19.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0207.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0209.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28448
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-592-1
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0998/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1793/references