Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-4067

Potential exploit
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.
Published 2008-09-24 20:37:05
Updated 2025-04-09 00:30:58
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Directory traversal

Products affected by CVE-2008-4067

Threat overview for CVE-2008-4067

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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 5555
IPs affected by CVE-2008-4067 121
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4067

EPSS FAQ
1.66%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 80 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-4067

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.3
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
8.6
2.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2008-4067

  • The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2008-4067

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