Improper Authentication Affecting mozilla package, versions [2.0,2.0.0.18)[3.0,3.0.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.66% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2379423
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Nov 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Nov 2008

CVE-2008-5022  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 2.0.0.18, 3.0.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. The nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners method in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to bypass the same-origin policy and execute arbitrary script via multiple listeners, which bypass the inner window check.

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