CVE-2008-4060 describes a critical vulnerability in older versions of Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) leverages document.loadBindingDocument and XSLT to create documents lacking script-handling objects, leading to potential compromise of affected systems. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability's nature suggests a straightforward attack vector with significant impact (confidentiality, integrity, availability).
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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