CVE-2008-5505

N/A Unknown

Published: December 17, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33188

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/33203

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/33216

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/34501

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-63.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021428

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295994

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47411

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10443

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/33188