CVE-2008-5507 describes a same-origin policy bypass vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions prior to their respective patches. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this by using a JavaScript URL redirecting to a target resource, which, upon generating an error due to non-JavaScript syntax, would allow access to portions of that data via the window.onerror DOM API. With a CVSS score of 6.0, this medium-severity vulnerability has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.0, < 2.0.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.0, < 3.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.0, < 1.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.0, < 2.0.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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