CVE-2008-5015

MediumCVSS 5.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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 2.0 5.1/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 13, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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