CVE-2008-2802

Firefox arbitrary JavaScript code execution

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 and earlier, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XUL document that includes a script from a chrome: URI that points to a fastload file, related to this file's "privilege level."

Mozilla Firefox y versiones anteriores a 2.0.0.15, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 y anteriores, y SeaMonkey y anteriores a 1.1.10 permiten a los atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario a través de un documento XUL que incluye una secuencia de comandos desde un chrome: URI que apunta a un archivo de carga rápida, relacionado con el nivel de permisos de este fichero.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-06-20 CVE Reserved
2008-07-07 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (57)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/30878	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30898	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30903	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30915	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30949	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31005	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31008	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31021	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31023	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31069	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31076	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31183	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31195	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31220	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31253	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31286	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31377	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31403	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-24.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020419	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1993/references	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419846	X_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11121	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html	2018-10-11
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html	2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/30911	2018-10-11
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml	2018-10-11
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152	2018-10-11
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911	2018-10-11
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.410484	2018-10-11
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1607	2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615	2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1621	2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697	2018-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:136	2018-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:155	2018-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.html	2018-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html	2018-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.html	2018-10-11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-619-1	2018-10-11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-629-1	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00125.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00144.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html	2018-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2802	2008-07-23
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=452600	2008-07-23

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				<= 2.0.0.14 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 2.0.0.14"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.6"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.7"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.8"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.9 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.9"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.10 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.10"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.11 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.11"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.12 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.12"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.13 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.13"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				<= 1.1.9 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " <= 1.1.9"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.6"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.7"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.8"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				<= 2.0.0.14 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " <= 2.0.0.14"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				2.0.0.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "2.0.0.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				2.0.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "2.0.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				2.0.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "2.0.0.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				2.0.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "2.0.0.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				2.0.0.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "2.0.0.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				2.0.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "2.0.0.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				2.0.0.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "2.0.0.6"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				2.0.0.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "2.0.0.8"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				2.0.0.9 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "2.0.0.9"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				2.0.0.11 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "2.0.0.11"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				2.0.0.12 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "2.0.0.12"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				2.0.0.13 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "2.0.0.13"		-		Affected