Firefox < 2.0.0.20 Cross Domain Data Theft

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35251

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by a cross domain data theft vulnerability.

Description

The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 2.0.0.20. Such versions shipped without a fix for a security issue that was reportedly fixed in version 2.0.0.19. Specifically :

- A website may be able to access a limited amount of data from a different domain by loading a same-domain JavaScript URL which redirects to an off-domain target resource containing data which is not parsable as JavaScript. (MFSA 2008-65)

Note that Mozilla is not planning further security / stability updates for Firefox 2.

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox 2.0.0.20.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35251

File Name: mozilla_firefox_20020.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 12/22/2008

Updated: 6/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-5507

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Firefox/Version

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5507

CWE: 200

Detections

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