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MFSA2008-24 Firefox: Chrome script loading from fastload file (CVE-2008-2802)

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MFSA2008-24 Firefox: Chrome script loading from fastload file (CVE-2008-2802)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/07/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/14/2012
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

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."

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-2_0_0_15
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-3_0

References

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