CVE-2008-5505 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2008-5505?

CVE-2008-5505 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 17 Dec 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5505?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2008-5505?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-5505 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5505 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7v9j-67p6-63jv.