CVE-2008-5505
N/A
Published: December 17, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFirefox
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to bypass intended privacy restrictions by using the persist attribute in an XUL element to create and access data entities that are similar to cookies.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (15)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-63.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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