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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-4582

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.
Publish Date : 2008-10-15 Last Update Date : 2012-10-30
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

Cvss Score
4.3
Confidentiality Impact Partial (There is considerable informational disclosure.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact None (There is no impact to the availability of the system.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Bypass a restriction or similarObtain Information
CWE ID 264

- Products Affected By CVE-2008-4582

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Details Vulnerabilities
2 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 Details Vulnerabilities
3 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 Details Vulnerabilities
4 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 Details Vulnerabilities
5 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 Details Vulnerabilities
6 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 Details Vulnerabilities
7 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 Details Vulnerabilities
8 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15 Details Vulnerabilities
9 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 Details Vulnerabilities
10 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.17 Details Vulnerabilities
11 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 Details Vulnerabilities
12 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 Details Vulnerabilities
13 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 Details Vulnerabilities
14 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 Details Vulnerabilities
15 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 Alpha Details Vulnerabilities
16 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 Beta Details Vulnerabilities
17 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.1 Details Vulnerabilities
18 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.2 Details Vulnerabilities
19 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.3 Details Vulnerabilities
20 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.4 Details Vulnerabilities
21 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.5 Details Vulnerabilities
22 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.6 Details Vulnerabilities
23 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.7 Details Vulnerabilities
24 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.8 Details Vulnerabilities
25 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.9 Details Vulnerabilities
26 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 Beta Details Vulnerabilities
27 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 Alpha Details Vulnerabilities
28 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 Beta Details Vulnerabilities
29 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 Details Vulnerabilities
30 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 Alpha Details Vulnerabilities
31 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.1 Details Vulnerabilities
32 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.2 Details Vulnerabilities
33 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.3 Details Vulnerabilities
34 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.4 Details Vulnerabilities
35 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.5 Details Vulnerabilities
36 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.6 Details Vulnerabilities
37 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.7 Details Vulnerabilities
38 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.8 Details Vulnerabilities
39 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.9 Details Vulnerabilities
40 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.10 Details Vulnerabilities
41 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.11 Details Vulnerabilities
42 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.12 Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Mozilla Firefox 13
Mozilla Seamonkey 29

- References For CVE-2008-4582

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31611
BID 31611 Mozilla Firefox Internet Shortcut Same Origin Policy Violation Vulnerability Release Date:2009-05-15
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31747
BID 31747 Mozilla Firefox '.url' Shortcut Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability Release Date:2009-05-15
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-9667
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455311
http://liudieyu0.blog124.fc2.com/blog-entry-6.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32192
SECUNIA 32192
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
SECUNIA 32684
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693
SECUNIA 32693
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714
SECUNIA 32714
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
SECUNIA 32721
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
SECUNIA 32778
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
SECUNIA 33433
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853
SECUNIA 32853
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
SECUNIA 32845
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
SECUNIA 33434
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4416
SREASON 4416
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
SECUNIA 34501
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Nov/1021190.html
SECTRACK 1021190
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Nov/1021212.html
SECTRACK 1021212
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
SUNALERT 256408
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671
DEBIAN DSA-1671
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
DEBIAN DSA-1669
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
UBUNTU USN-667-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
DEBIAN DSA-1697
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
DEBIAN DSA-1696
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-47.html CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/497091/100/0/threaded
BUGTRAQ 20081007 Firefox Privacy Broken If Used to Open Web Page File
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-9669
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021190
SECTRACK 1021190
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2818
VUPEN ADV-2008-2818
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
VUPEN ADV-2009-0977
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45740
XF firefox-internet-shortcut-info-disclosure(45740)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html
CERT TA08-319A

- Vulnerability Conditions

Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used TOGETHER WITH(AND)
Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used TOGETHER WITH(AND)
Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used TOGETHER WITH(AND)

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2008-4582

There are not any metasploit modules related to this vulnerability (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)


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