CVE-2008-1241

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

GUI overlay vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to spoof form elements and redirect user inputs via a borderless XUL pop-up window from a background tab.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 2.0.0.12
Mozilla Seamonkey: through 1.1.8

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/29550
http://secunia.com/advisories/29558
http://secunia.com/advisories/29560
http://secunia.com/advisories/29607
http://secunia.com/advisories/29616

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