CVE-2008-0593 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-0593

Gecko-based browsers, including Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before...

Vulnerability Description

Gecko-based browsers, including Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, modify the .href property of stylesheet DOM nodes to the final URI of a 302 redirect, which might allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read sensitive information from the original URL, such as with Single-Signon systems.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

firefox, seamonkey
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.2, 0.9.2, 1.0.2, 1.5.0.2, 1.5.0.12, 1.5.2, 2.0, 2.0.0.1, 2.0.0.10, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.0.9, 1.0.99, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.10, 1.1.11, 1.1.12, 1.1.13, 1.1.14, 1.1.15, 1.1.16

Timeline

Official Publish: February 9th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.