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    CVE-2008-3837

    Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12, allow user-assisted remote attackers to move a window during a mouse click, and possibly force a file download or unspecified other drag-and-drop action, via a crafted onmousedown action that calls window.moveBy, a variant of CVE-2003-0823.

    Published:Sep 23, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Sep 24, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.03669
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Seamonkey
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31984
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31985
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31987
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32010
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32011
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32012
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32042
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32044
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32089
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32095
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32096
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32144
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32185
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32196
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-40.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020922
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329385
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45348
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9950
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html
    http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31984
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31985
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31987
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32010
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32011
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32012
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32042
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32044
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32089
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32095
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32096
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32144
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32185
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32196
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-40.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020922
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329385
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45348
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9950
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High