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CVE-2008-4068

N/A
Published: September 24, 2008 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxFirefox

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
6.067.047.108.04
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
4.0
Firefox· Mozilla
95%
v < 2.0.0.173.0 ≤ v < 3.0.2
Affected range stops below 2.0.0.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Seamonkey· Mozilla
95%
v < 1.1.12
Affected range stops below 1.1.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Thunderbird· Mozilla
95%
v < 2.0.0.17
Affected range stops below 2.0.0.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (50)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31984
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31985
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31987
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32007
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32010
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32011

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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