gsd-2008-4066
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
Details
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."
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Aliases
CVE-2008-4066


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              "refsource": "JVN",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96950482/index.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "32185",
              "refsource": "SECUNIA",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32185"
            },
            {
              "name": "32196",
              "refsource": "SECUNIA",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32196"
            },
            {
              "name": "DSA-1649",
              "refsource": "DEBIAN",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649"
            },
            {
              "name": "firefox-htmlparser-security-bypass(45358)",
              "refsource": "XF",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45358"
            },
            {
              "name": "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8880",
              "refsource": "OVAL",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8880"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "impact": {
        "baseMetricV2": {
          "cvssV2": {
            "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
            "accessVector": "NETWORK",
            "authentication": "NONE",
            "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
            "baseScore": 4.3,
            "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
            "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
            "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N",
            "version": "2.0"
          },
          "exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
          "impactScore": 2.9,
          "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
          "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
          "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
          "severity": "MEDIUM",
          "userInteractionRequired": true
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDate": "2017-09-29T01:31Z",
      "publishedDate": "2008-09-24T20:37Z"
    }
  }
}


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