CVE-2008-5503

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5503
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-17 23:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe loadBindingDocument function in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 does not perform any security checks related to the same-domain policy, which allows remote attackers to read or access data from other domains via crafted XBL bindings.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1696-1 icedove af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for thunderbird - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for thunderbird - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:244 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat update for seamonkey - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
379959 – (CVE-2008-5503) loadBindingDocument doesn't do any security checks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1707-1 iceweasel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1697-1 iceape af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
MFSA 2008-61: Information stealing via loadBindingDocument af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org
Debian update for iceape - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Ubuntu update for firefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-701-2: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:012 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mozilla Firefox 2 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-690-3: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Sun Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mozilla Firefox loadBindingDocument Lets Remote Users Obtain Information - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Sun Solaris Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for icedove - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1704-1 xulrunner af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
USN-690-2: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian update for iceweasel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for firefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for xulrunner - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-701-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
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