Description
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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 4.0 | iceape | 1.0.13~pre080614i-0etch1 | DSA-1697-1 |
| Debian 4.0 | iceweasel | 2.0.0.17-0etch1 | DSA-1649-1 |
| Debian 4.0 | xulrunner | 1.8.0.15~pre080614h-0etch1 | DSA-1669-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 5 | devhelp +1 | 0.12-19.el5 | RHSA-2008:0879 |
| RHEL 5 | firefox | 3.0.2-3.el5 | RHSA-2008:0879 |
| RHEL 5 | nss +3 | 3.12.1.1-1.el5 | RHSA-2008:0879 |
| RHEL 5 | xulrunner +2 | 1.9.0.2-5.el5 | RHSA-2008:0879 |
| RHEL 5 | yelp | 2.16.0-21.el5 | RHSA-2008:0879 |
| RHEL 4 | devhelp +1 | 0.10-0.10.el4 | RHSA-2008:0882 |
| RHEL 4 | firefox | 3.0.2-3.el4 | RHSA-2008:0879 |
| RHEL 4 | seamonkey +5 | 1.0.9-26.el4 | RHSA-2008:0882 |
| RHEL 3 | seamonkey +9 | 1.0.9-0.24.el3 | RHSA-2008:0882 |
| RHEL 2 | seamonkey +9 | 1.0.9-0.20.el2 | RHSA-2008:0882 |
Advisories 5
- RHSA-2008:0879 Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2008:0882 Red Hat Security Advisory: seamonkey security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- DSA-1697-1 iceape - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- DSA-1649-1 iceweasel - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- DSA-1669-1 xulrunner - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 32011 third-party-advisory
- SSA:2008-269-01 vendor-advisory
- DSA-1697 vendor-advisory
- 32096 third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-8401 vendor-advisory
- USN-645-1 vendor-advisory
- firefox-draganddrop-weak-security(45348) vdb-entry
- 32144 third-party-advisory
- 32010 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-0977 vdb-entry
- USN-645-2 vendor-advisory
- 31346 vdb-entry
- 31985 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2008:050 vendor-advisory
- 31984 third-party-advisory
- 32185 third-party-advisory
- 32196 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9950 vdb-entry signature
- FEDORA-2008-8425 vendor-advisory
- DSA-1669 vendor-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-40.html
- 32042 third-party-advisory
- 33433 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-2661 vdb-entry
- SSA:2008-269-02 vendor-advisory
- 32095 third-party-advisory
- 32089 third-party-advisory
- 256408 vendor-advisory
- 1020922 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2008:0879 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329385
- MDVSA-2008:205 vendor-advisory
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~
- FEDORA-2008-8429 vendor-advisory
- 31987 third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0882 vendor-advisory
- 32845 third-party-advisory
- DSA-1649 vendor-advisory
- 32012 third-party-advisory
- 32044 third-party-advisory
- 34501 third-party-advisory