CVE-2008-4068

Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.17 and 3.x < 3.0.2 - Directory Traversal via Resource URI

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (50)

Core 50
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32025
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32011
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32096
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32144
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32010
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020921
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31985
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31984
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32185
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32196
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32042
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32095
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32089
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32092
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31987
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45360
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32007
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32012
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32044
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32082

Scores

EPSS 0.0417
EPSS Percentile 89.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06
canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
debian/debian_linux 4.0
mozilla/firefox < 2.0.0.17
mozilla/seamonkey < 1.1.12
mozilla/thunderbird < 2.0.0.17
Published Sep 24, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026