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Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.19

medium Nessus Plugin ID 279201

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 2.0.0.19. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2008-68 advisory.

 - Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allow remote attackers to run arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via unknown vectors in which page content can pollute XPCNativeWrappers. (CVE-2008-5512)

 - Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an XBL binding to an unloaded document. (CVE-2008-5511)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 2.0.0.19 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-68/

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5511

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5512

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=370461,453310

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=451680,464174

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 279201

File Name: macos_firefox_2_0_0_19.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/18/2025

Updated: 12/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-5512

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-5511

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512