MFSA2008-39 Firefox: Privilege escalation using feed preview page and XSS flaw (CVE-2008-3836)
8
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
09/24/2008
07/25/2018
06/14/2012
02/14/2023
Description
feedWriter in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to execute scripts with chrome privileges via vectors related to feed preview and the (1) elem.doCommand, (2) elem.dispatchEvent, (3) _setTitleText, (4) _setTitleImage, and (5) _initSubscriptionUI functions.
Solution(s)
- mozilla-firefox-upgrade-2_0_0_17
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