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CVE-2008-5506: Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1....

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy by causing the browser to issue an XMLHttpRequest to an attacker-controlled resource that uses a 302 redirect to a resource in a different domain, then reading content from the response, aka "response disclosure."

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This 2008 Mozilla issue let a malicious site bypass browser same-origin protections in specific legacy Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions. The practical business risk was unauthorized reading of cross-domain response content through a redirected XMLHttpRequest. It mainly matters today where obsolete Mozilla clients remain in use. Exposure is most likely in legacy desktop environments, archived virtual machines, unsupported operating system images, or managed endpoints still running the named pre-fix Mozilla versions. Modern supported Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions are not identified as affected in the provided sources. Prioritize this as a legacy exposure cleanup item, not a current emergency, unless vulnerable Mozilla clients are still deployed. If found on production endpoints, remediate promptly because browser same-origin bypasses can expose sensitive web content to malicious pages. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Firefox to 3.0.5 or 2.0.0.19 or later, per source-described fixed versions.; Upgrade Thunderbird to 2.0.0.19 or later where Thunderbird 2.x remains present.; Upgrade SeaMonkey to 1.1.14 or later where SeaMonkey 1.x remains present..

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