CVE-2008-0591
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.8%EU EUVD
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12 does not properly manage a delay timer used in confirmation dialogs, which might allow remote attackers to trick users into confirming an unsafe action, such as remote file execution, by using a timer to change the window focus, aka the "dialog refocus bug" or "ffclick2".
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 3.8% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0601)
- Published
- February 9, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0601 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / thunderbird
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-06/0026.html
- http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffclick2/(Exploit)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28754(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28758(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28766(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28808(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28818(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28839(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28864(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28865(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28877(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28879(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28924(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28939(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28958(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29049(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29086(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29164(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29167(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29567
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2781
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1484
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1485
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1489
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1506
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:048
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:062
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-08.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0103.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0104.html(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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