medium4.3
CVE-2008-0591
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12 does not properly manage a delay timer used in confirmation dialogs, which might allow remote a…
Impact
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12 does not properly manage a delay timer used in confirmation dialogs, which might allow remote attackers to trick users into confirming an unsafe action, such as remote file execution, by using a timer to change the window focus, aka the "dialog refocus bug" or "ffclick2".
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | through 2.0.0.11 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | through 2.0.0.11 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-06/0026.html
- http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffclick2/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28754
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28758
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28766
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28808
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28818
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28839
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28864
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28865
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28877
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28879
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28924
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28939
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28958
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29049
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29086
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29164
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29167
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29567
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2781