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CVE-2008-0591

CVE Details

Release Date:2008-02-09
Impact:Moderate What is this?

Description


Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12 does not properly manage a delay timer used in confirmation dialogs, which might allow remote attackers to trick users into confirming an unsafe action, such as remote file execution, by using a timer to change the window focus, aka the dialog refocus bug or ffclick2.

See more information about CVE-2008-0591 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 4.3
Vector String: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: None

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (seamonkey)ELSA-2008-01042008-02-08
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)ELSA-2008-01032008-02-08
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (seamonkey)ELSA-2008-01042008-02-08
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (thunderbird)ELSA-2008-01052008-02-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)ELSA-2008-01032008-02-08


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