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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2008-4582 EUVD-2008-4562GHSA-6m7x-v5gc-rvvh

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 through 3.0.3, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13, when running on Windows, do not properly…

Published Oct 15, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 through 3.0.3, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13, when running on Windows, do not properly identify the context of Windows .url shortcut files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via an HTML document that is directly accessible through a filesystem, as demonstrated by documents in (1) local folders, (2) Windows share folders, and (3) RAR archives, and as demonstrated by IFRAMEs referencing shortcuts that point to (a) about:cache?device=memory and (b) about:cache?device=disk, a variant of CVE-2008-2810.

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 ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 4.0 iceape 1.0.13~pre080614i-0etch1 DSA-1697-1
Debian 4.0 icedove 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614i-0etch1 DSA-1696-1
Debian 4.0 iceweasel 2.0.0.18-0etch1 DSA-1671-1
Debian 4.0 xulrunner 1.8.0.15~pre080614h-0etch1 DSA-1669-1

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 4

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