CVE-2008-4067

Public Exploit

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 on Linux allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and URL-encoded / (slash) characters in a resource: URI.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.66% Top 20%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32025 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32011 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10770 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32096 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32144 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45359 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32010 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020921 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31985 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31984 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32185 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32196 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-44.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32042 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661 vdb entry third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32095 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32089 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32092 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380994 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=394075 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ third party advisory
http://www.0x000000.com/?i=422 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31987 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32007 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32012 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32044 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32082 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4067?
CVE-2008-4067 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4067?
To fix CVE-2008-4067, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-4067 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-4067 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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