FKIE_CVE-2008-5015
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-11-13 11:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:58
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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