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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2008-1235 json

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attacke…

published 2008-03-27 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1243

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.1%
EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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."

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 4 1.5.0.12-10.el4
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1.5.0.12-11.el5_1
  • seamonkey RHEL 2.1 1.0.9-0.14.el2
  • seamonkey RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.16.el3
  • seamonkey RHEL 4 1.0.9-15.el4
  • seamonkey-nss RHEL 2.1 1.0.9-0.14.el2
  • seamonkey-nss RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.16.el3
  • seamonkey-chat RHEL 2.1 1.0.9-0.14.el2

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0209RHSA-2008:0208RHSA-2008:0207

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-1235 updated

chrome privilege via wrong principal

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.16.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0208
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 1.5.0.12-14.el5_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0207
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.14.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.16.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 seamonkey 1.0.9-15.el4, firefox 1.5.0.12-0.14.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-15.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-15.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-10.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-15.el4, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0208
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 1.5.0.12-14.el5_1, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-11.el5_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0207
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 seamonkey 1.0.9-15.el4, firefox 1.5.0.12-0.14.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-15.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-15.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-10.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-15.el4, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.14.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.16.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 seamonkey 1.0.9-15.el4, firefox 1.5.0.12-0.14.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-15.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-15.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-10.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-15.el4, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0208
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 1.5.0.12-11.el5_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0209
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.14.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.16.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.16.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 seamonkey 1.0.9-15.el4, firefox 1.5.0.12-0.14.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-15.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-15.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-10.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-15.el4, +1 more Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.14.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.14.el2, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0208

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Exploit prediction

6.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.