CVE-2008-4058

Mozilla privilege escalation via XPCnativeWrapper pollution

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors related to (1) chrome XBL and (2) chrome JS.

El componente XPConnect en Mozilla Firefox antes de 2.0.0.17 y 3.x antes de 3.0.2, Thunderbird antes de 2.0.0.17 y SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 permite a atacantes remotos "contaminar XPCNativeWrappers" y ejecutar código de su elección con privilegios chrome mediante vectores relacionados con (1) chrome XBL y (2) chrome JS.

USN-645-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and xulrunner. The upstream patches introduced a regression in the saved password handling. While password data was not lost, if a user had saved any passwords with non-ASCII characters, Firefox could not access the password database. This update fixes the problem. A very large amount of vulnerabilities have been addressed in the latest Firefox release from Ubuntu.

*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

2008-09-12 CVE Reserved
2008-09-24 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-06-09 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (54)

URL	Tag	Source
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31984	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31985	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31987	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32007	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32010	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32011	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32012	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32025	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32042	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32044	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32082	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32089	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32092	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32095	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32096	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32144	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32185	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32196	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020915	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45349	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9679	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html	2018-11-01
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422	2018-11-01
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232	2018-11-01
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123	2018-11-01
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	2018-11-01
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649	2018-11-01
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669	2018-11-01
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696	2018-11-01
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697	2018-11-01
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205	2018-11-01
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206	2018-11-01
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-41.html	2018-11-01
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html	2018-11-01
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html	2018-11-01
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html	2018-11-01
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1	2018-11-01
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2	2018-11-01
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1	2018-11-01
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444075	2018-11-01
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444077	2018-11-01
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html	2018-11-01
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html	2018-11-01
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html	2018-11-01
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4058	2008-10-01
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463190	2008-10-01

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"				< 2.0.0.17 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 2.0.0.17"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				>= 3.0 < 3.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " >= 3.0 < 3.0.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				< 1.1.12 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " < 1.1.12"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 2.0.0.17 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 2.0.0.17"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				4.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				6.06 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "6.06"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				7.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "7.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				7.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "7.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				8.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "8.04"		lts		Affected