CVE-2008-0367
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0377)
- Published
- January 19, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0377 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
References
- http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/02/YetAnotherDialogSpoofingFirefoxBasicAuthentication.aspx(Third Party Advisory)
- http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/01/05/FirefoxDialogSpoofingFAQ.aspx(Third Party Advisory)
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/01/04/basicauth-dialog-realm-value-spoofing/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485732/100/200/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485738/100/200/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27111(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=244273(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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