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CVE-2008-2806

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2806 describes a Same Origin Policy bypass vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 on Mac OS X. This flaw, related to the Java Embedding Plugin and Java LiveConnect, allows remote attackers to establish arbitrary socket connections. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0255 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/30898
secunia.com / advisories/30911
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31005
secunia.com / advisories/31008
secunia.com / advisories/31021
secunia.com / advisories/31023
secunia.com / advisories/31076
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2646
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216
mozilla.org / projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
mozilla.org / security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-28.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/30038
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-619-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1993/references