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CVE-2008-0593

Gecko-based browsers, including Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, modify the .href property of stylesheet DOM nodes to the final URI of a 302 redirect, which might allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read sensitive information from the original URL, such as with Single-Signon systems.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2008-0593 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from mozilla, from mozilla organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2008, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2008-02-09T01:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

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	0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	0.9.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.0.12	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	1.5.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	2.0.0.10	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	*	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	≤ 1.1.17	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.7	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.9	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.0.99	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.10	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.11	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.12	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.13	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.14	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.15	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	1.1.16	Yes

References

http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/ ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28754 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28758 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28766 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28815 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28818 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28839 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28864 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28865 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28877 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28879 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28924 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28939 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28958 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29049 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29086 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29167 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29567 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30327 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30620 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1 ([email protected])
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1484 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1485 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1489 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1506 ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:048 ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-10.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0103.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0104.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0105.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487826/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27683 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019341 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-576-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0453/references Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0627/references Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=397427 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10075 ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00274.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00309.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00381.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00905.html ([email protected])
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http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28754 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28758 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28766 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28815 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28818 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28839 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28864 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28865 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28877 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28879 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28924 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28939 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28958 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29049 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29086 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29167 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29567 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30327 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30620 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=397427 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10075 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00274.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00309.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00381.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00946.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mozilla's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.