Release Date: | 2008-11-13 |
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4 assigns chrome privileges to a file: URI when it is accessed in the same tab from a chrome or privileged about: page, which makes it easier for user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via malicious code in a file that has already been saved on the local system.
See more information about CVE-2008-5015 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 5.1 | Base Metrics: | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Access Vector: | Network | Attack Complexity: | High |
Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
Integrity Impact: | Partial | Availability Impact: | Partial |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 5 (devhelp) | ELSA-2008-0978 | 2008-11-13 |
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox) | ELSA-2008-0978 | 2008-11-13 |
Oracle Linux version 5 (nss) | ELSA-2008-0978 | 2008-11-13 |
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner) | ELSA-2008-0978 | 2008-11-13 |
Oracle Linux version 5 (yelp) | ELSA-2008-0978 | 2008-11-13 |
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