CVE-2008-5503

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-12-17
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The loadBindingDocument function in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 does not perform any security checks related to the same-domain policy, which allows remote attackers to read or access data from other domains via crafted XBL bindings.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.6
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2008-1037	2008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2008-1037	2008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2009-0002	2009-01-07