Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-5024

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 do not properly escape quote characters used for XML processing, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML injection attacks via the default namespace in an E4X document.
Published 2008-11-13 11:30:01
Updated 2018-11-02 13:50:11
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Products affected by CVE-2008-5024

Threat overview for CVE-2008-5024

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2008-5024
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 5555
IPs affected by CVE-2008-5024 121
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5024

EPSS FAQ
1.48%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 85 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-5024

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.5
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2008-5024

  • The product does not properly neutralize special elements that are used in XML, allowing attackers to modify the syntax, content, or commands of the XML before it is processed by an end system.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2008-5024

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