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CVE-2008-0591

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2008-02-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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".

Affected Platforms

Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Thunderbird

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References