PT-2008-2000 · Mozilla · Firefox

Czilla + 1 · Published 2008-01-18 · Updated 2018-10-26 · CVE-2008-0367

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions 2.0.0.11 and 3.0b2, and possibly earlier versions

Description The issue allows remote HTTP servers to conduct phishing and spoofing attacks by displaying the site requesting authentication after the Realm text when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions 2.0.0.11 and 3.0b2, and possibly earlier versions, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk of phishing and spoofing attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0367

Affected Products

Firefox

References · 8

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=244273 · Vendor Advisory
• http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/01/04/basicauth-dialog-realm-value-spoofing · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0367 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/485732/100/200/threaded · Note
• http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/02/YetAnotherDialogSpoofingFirefoxBasicAuthentication.aspx · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/485738/100/200/threaded · Note
• http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/05/FirefoxDialogSpoofingFAQ.aspx · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27111 · Note