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CVE-2008-0367

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11, 3.0b2, and possibly earlier versions, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication, displays the site requesting the authentication after the Realm text, which might make it easier for remote HTTP servers to conduct phishing and spoofing attacks.

Published

2008-01-19T00:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 2.0.0.11	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0	Yes

References

http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/02/YetAnotherDialogSpoofingFirefoxBasicAuthentication.aspx Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/05/FirefoxDialogSpoofingFAQ.aspx Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/01/04/basicauth-dialog-realm-value-spoofing/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485732/100/200/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485738/100/200/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27111 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=244273 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/02/YetAnotherDialogSpoofingFirefoxBasicAuthentication.aspx Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/05/FirefoxDialogSpoofingFAQ.aspx Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/01/04/basicauth-dialog-realm-value-spoofing/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485732/100/200/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485738/100/200/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27111 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=244273 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)