file: URIs inherit chrome privileges
Published Nov 13, 2008
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.21%
Description
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.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.0.4-1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0978
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
nss-0:3.12.1.1-3.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0978
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0978
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.0.4-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0978
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
nss-0:3.12.1.1-3.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0978
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.0.4-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0978
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
yelp-0:2.16.0-22.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0978
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.0.4-1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0978 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | nss-0:3.12.1.1-3.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0978 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0978 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.0.4-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0978 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | nss-0:3.12.1.1-3.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0978 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.4-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0978 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | yelp-0:2.16.0-22.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0978 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.21% (0.02215) | 82.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.15% (0.02155) | 79.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.71% (0.05714) | 89.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.07% (0.09070) | 87.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 5.71% (0.05714) | 89.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.16% (0.04159) | 87.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.50% (0.04496) | 92.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 19, 2024 | 4.50% (0.04496) | 92.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 2.30% (0.02299) | 89.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 4, 2023 | 2.04% (0.02037) | 87.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01763) | 86.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (23)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-51.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021191 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5015 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447579 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470876 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5015
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11063 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5015
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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