CVE-2008-0367 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11, 3.0b2, and possibly earlier versions, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication, displays the site requesting the authentication after the Realm text, which might make it easier for remote HTTP servers to conduct phishing and spoofing attacks.

Published: 2008-01-18

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta2::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-0377	Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11, 3.0b2, and possibly earlier versions, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication, displays the site requesting the authentication after the Realm text, which might make it easier for remote HTTP servers to conduct phishing and spoofing attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00844.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/02/YetAnotherDialogSpoofingFirefoxBasicAuthentication.aspx
http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/05/FirefoxDialogSpoofingFAQ.aspx
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/01/04/basicauth-dialog-realm-value-spoofing/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485732/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485738/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27111
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=244273

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-01-18T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:39:35.283Z

Reserved: 2008-01-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0367

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-01-19T00:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-0367

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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