CVE-2008-0591

Published Feb 9, 2008

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12 does not properly manage a delay timer used in confirmation dialogs, which might allow remote attackers to trick users into confirming an unsafe action, such as remote file execution, by using a timer to change the window focus, aka the "dialog refocus bug" or "ffclick2".
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

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    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
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            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B3E4F934-1CC7-475C-B425-BEEF29AED912",
            "versionEndIncluding": "2.0.0.11"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "25E3F549-B010-49E4-B8F6-B22727D57AA6",
            "versionEndIncluding": "2.0.0.11"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

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