CVE-2008-1235

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that cause JavaScript to execute with the wrong principal, aka "Privilege escalation via incorrect principals."

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 2.0.0.12; 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.6.1 (+42)
Mozilla Seamonkey: through 1.1.8; 1.0, 1.0-alpha, 1.0-beta, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3 (+16)
Mozilla Thunderbird: through 2.0.0.12; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+26)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00002.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0208.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29391
http://secunia.com/advisories/29526
http://secunia.com/advisories/29539
http://secunia.com/advisories/29541
http://secunia.com/advisories/29547
http://secunia.com/advisories/29548
http://secunia.com/advisories/29550
http://secunia.com/advisories/29558
http://secunia.com/advisories/29560
http://secunia.com/advisories/29607

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