CVE-2008-4582

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 35.58% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45740 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021190 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html vendor advisory not applicable
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb entry not applicable
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455311 issue tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/32192 third party advisory permissions required
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-47.html vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Nov/1021212.html third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 third party advisory permissions required
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html vendor advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 third party advisory permissions required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2818 vdb entry not applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497091/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4416 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 third party advisory permissions required
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 third party advisory permissions required
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 third party advisory permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 third party advisory permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 third party advisory permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 third party advisory permissions required
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31747 third party advisory vdb entry
http://liudieyu0.blog124.fc2.com/blog-entry-6.html broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 third party advisory permissions required
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31611 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third party advisory permissions required

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4582?
CVE-2008-4582 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4582?
To fix CVE-2008-4582, 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-2008-4582 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-4582 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~36% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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