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CVE-2008-5015 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447579	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11063	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html	CVE
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230	CVE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-51.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021191	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447579	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11063	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html	[email protected]
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230	[email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-51.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021191	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-94	Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mozilla firefox	<= 3.0.3 3.0 3.0 alpha 3.0 beta2 3.0 beta5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta5:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 13, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]