CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4068
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to bypass "restrictions imposed on local HTML files," and obtain sensitive information and prompt users to write this information into a file, via directory traversal sequences in a resource: URI.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 2.0.0.17)
• mozilla firefox (>= 3.0 < 3.0.2)
• mozilla seamonkey (< 1.1.12)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 2.0.0.17)
• debian debian linux 4.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31984 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31985 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31987 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32007 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32010 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32011 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32012 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32025 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32042 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32044 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32082 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32089 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32092 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32095 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32096 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32144 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32185 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32196 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422 Third Party Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232 Third Party Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123 Third Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-44.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020921 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45360 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11471 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html Third Party Advisory
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31984 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31985 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31987 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32007 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32010 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32011 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32012 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32025 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32042 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32044 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32082 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32089 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32092 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32095 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32096 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32144 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32185 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32196 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422 Third Party Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232 Third Party Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123 Third Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 Third Party Advisory