4.3 - CVE-2008-4066

Executive Summary

This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.

Informations
Name	CVE-2008-4066	First vendor Publication	2008-09-24
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score	4.3	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	2.9	Attack Complexity	Medium
Cvss Expoit Score	8.6	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14, and other versions before 2.0.0.17, allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via HTML-escaped low surrogate characters that are ignored by the HTML parser, as demonstrated by a "jav�ascript" sequence, aka "HTML escaped low surrogates bug."

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4066

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-79	Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8880

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8880
Title:	Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14, and other versions before 2.0.0.17, allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via HTML-escaped low surrogate characters that are ignored by the HTML parser, as demonstrated by a "javascript" sequence, aka "HTML escaped low surrogates bug."
Description:	Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14, and other versions before 2.0.0.17, allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via HTML-escaped low surrogate characters that are ignored by the HTML parser, as demonstrated by a "jav&#56325ascript" sequence, aka "HTML escaped low surrogates bug."
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2008-4066	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
OS Section: RHEL3, CentOS3 RHEL3 or CentOS3 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AND CentOS Linux 3.x AND Configuration section seamonkey-nspr is earlier than 0:1.0.9-0.24.el3 AND seamonkey-js-debugger is earlier than 0:1.0.9-0.24.el3 AND seamonkey-nss-devel is earlier than 0:1.0.9-0.24.el3 AND seamonkey is earlier than 0:1.0.9-0.24.el3 AND seamonkey-nspr-devel is earlier than 0:1.0.9-0.24.el3 AND seamonkey-mail is earlier than 0:1.0.9-0.24.el3 AND seamonkey-chat is earlier than 0:1.0.9-0.24.el3 AND seamonkey-devel is earlier than 0:1.0.9-0.24.el3 AND seamonkey-dom-inspector is earlier than 0:1.0.9-0.24.el3 AND seamonkey-nss is earlier than 0:1.0.9-0.24.el3 OR OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4 RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AND CentOS Linux 4.x AND Oracle Linux 4.x AND Configuration section devhelp-devel is earlier than 0:0.10-0.10.el4 AND seamonkey-js-debugger is earlier than 0:1.0.9-26.el4 AND thunderbird is earlier than 0:1.5.0.12-16.el4 AND seamonkey is earlier than 0:1.0.9-26.el4 AND devhelp is earlier than 0:0.10-0.10.el4 AND seamonkey-mail is earlier than 0:1.0.9-26.el4 AND seamonkey-chat is earlier than 0:1.0.9-26.el4 AND seamonkey-devel is earlier than 0:1.0.9-26.el4 AND seamonkey-dom-inspector is earlier than 0:1.0.9-26.el4 OR OS Section: RHEL5, CentOS5, Oracle Linux 5 RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND CentOS Linux 5.x AND Oracle Linux 5.x AND thunderbird is earlier than 0:2.0.0.17-1.el5

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Mozilla Firefox cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.14:::::::*	3

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2009-10-13	Name : SLES10: Security update for Mozilla File : nvt/sles10_gecko-sdk.nasl
2009-10-13	Name : SLES10: Security update for MozillaFirefox File : nvt/sles10_MozillaFirefox4.nasl
2009-10-10	Name : SLES9: Security update for Epiphany and Mozilla File : nvt/sles9p5036604.nasl
2009-04-09	Name : Mandriva Update for mozilla-firefox MDVSA-2008:205 (mozilla-firefox) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_205.nasl
2009-04-09	Name : Mandriva Update for mozilla-thunderbird MDVSA-2008:206 (mozilla-thunderbird) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_206.nasl
2009-03-23	Name : Ubuntu Update for firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9 regression USN-645-3 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_645_3.nasl
2009-03-23	Name : Ubuntu Update for firefox vulnerabilities USN-645-2 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_645_2.nasl
2009-03-23	Name : Ubuntu Update for firefox, firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9 vulnerabilities USN-645-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_645_1.nasl
2009-03-23	Name : Ubuntu Update for mozilla-thunderbird, thunderbird vulnerabilities USN-647-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_647_1.nasl
2009-03-06	Name : RedHat Update for seamonkey RHSA-2008:0882-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0882-01_seamonkey.nasl
2009-03-06	Name : RedHat Update for thunderbird RHSA-2008:0908-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0908-01_thunderbird.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0882-01 centos2 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0882-01_seamonkey_centos2_i386.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0882 centos3 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0882_seamonkey_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0882 centos3 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0882_seamonkey_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2008:0908 centos4 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0908_thunderbird_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2008:0908 centos4 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0908_thunderbird_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for seamonkey FEDORA-2008-8429 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_8429_seamonkey_fc9.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for thunderbird FEDORA-2008-9859 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9859_thunderbird_fc9.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for thunderbird FEDORA-2008-9807 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9807_thunderbird_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for seamonkey FEDORA-2008-8401 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_8401_seamonkey_fc8.nasl
2009-01-23	Name : SuSE Update for MozillaFirefox,MozillaThunderbird,seamonkey,mozilla SUSE-SA:... File : nvt/gb_suse_2008_050.nasl
2008-11-24	Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1669-1 (xulrunner) File : nvt/deb_1669_1.nasl
2008-11-01	Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1649-1 (iceweasel) File : nvt/deb_1649_1.nasl
0000-00-00	Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2008-270-01 mozilla-thunderbird File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2008_270_01.nasl
0000-00-00	Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2008-269-02 seamonkey File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2008_269_02.nasl
0000-00-00	Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2008-269-01 mozilla-firefox File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2008_269_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
48771	Mozilla Firefox HTML Escaped Low Surrogates XSS

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date	Description
2017-08-23	Mozilla products obfuscated cross site scripting attempt RuleID : 43673 - Revision : 3 - Type : BROWSER-FIREFOX
2017-08-23	Mozilla products obfuscated cross site scripting attempt RuleID : 43672 - Revision : 3 - Type : BROWSER-FIREFOX

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0908.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0882.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-09	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-645-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-08	Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201301-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20080923_seamonkey_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update. File : sl_20081001_thunderbird_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_mozilla-xulrunner181-081002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_seamonkey-081003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_MozillaFirefox-081002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_mozilla-xulrunner190-081002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_MozillaThunderbird-081003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-205.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-206.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-645-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-645-3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-647-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-24	Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1669.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-21	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-9859.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-21	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-9807.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-09	Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1649.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-08	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_mozilla-xulrunner181-5656.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-08	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_gecko-sdk-5654.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-07	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_seamonkey-5657.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-06	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2008-0908.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-06	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_MozillaThunderbird-5655.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-02	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0908.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-01	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_MozillaFirefox-5640.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-01	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_MozillaFirefox-5644.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-29	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-8429.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-29	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-8401.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-28	Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2008-270-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-26	Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2008-269-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-26	Name : The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple v... File : mozilla_thunderbird_20017.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-26	Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2008-269-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-25	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2008-0882.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-24	Name : A web browser on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. File : seamonkey_1112.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-24	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0882.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-24	Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v... File : mozilla_firefox_302.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-24	Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v... File : mozilla_firefox_20017.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

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Alert History

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Date	Informations
2024-11-28 23:13:26	Multiple Updates
2024-11-28 12:16:28	Multiple Updates
2021-05-04 12:08:02	Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:08:23	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:22:15	Multiple Updates
2018-07-13 01:02:48	Multiple Updates
2017-09-29 09:23:43	Multiple Updates
2017-08-08 09:24:22	Multiple Updates
2016-04-26 17:49:20	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 10:46:34	Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 00:25:58	Multiple Updates
2012-11-07 00:18:03	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	1
CPE ID(s)	3
Sources(s)	44
osvdb(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	26
Snort® Rule(s)	2
Nessus® Exploit(s)	39

	Related
10	USN-647-1
10	USN-645-3
10	USN-645-2
10	USN-645-1
10	SUN-256408
10	RHSA-2008:0908
10	RHSA-2008:0882
10	MDVSA-2008:206
10	MDVSA-2008:205
10	GLSA-201301-01
10	DSA-1669
10	DSA-1649
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