CVE-2008-0591

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-02-09

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

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

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

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2008-0104	2008-02-08
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)	ELSA-2008-0103	2008-02-08
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2008-0104	2008-02-08
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2008-0105	2008-02-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2008-0103	2008-02-08

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