CVE-2008-4068

CVSS V2 High 7.8 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-4068
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2008-09-24T20:37:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-11-01T15:15:07
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.0.0.17
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.0 3.0.2
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.1.12
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.0.0.17
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-44.html Vendor Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32042 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32092 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32025 Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422 Third Party Advisory
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32089 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32082 Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123 Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32144 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32044 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32095 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32096 Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020921 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31987 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32012 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31984 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31985 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32010 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32011 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32007 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32185 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32196 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45360 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11471 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4068
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4068
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:54:13 Added to TrackCVE