Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, when using…

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, when using "flat" addons, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary Javascript, image, and stylesheet files via the chrome: URI scheme, as demonstrated by stealing session information from sessionstore.js.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

8.6% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (67)

• RHSA-2008:0104 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-582-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 1019329 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• USN-576-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 28939 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1506 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• VU#309608 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• SSA:2008-061-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1995 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-2118 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-2060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 28766 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28622 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28818 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30620 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28865 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29049 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0453 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 28877 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28879 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-582-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 29167 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29567 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0105 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 28958 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 30327 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 238492 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 20080229 rPSA-2008-0093-1 thunderbird (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• DSA-1489 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-05.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20080212 FLEA-2008-0001-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20080209 rPSA-2008-0051-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 29086 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28815 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 239546 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 28864 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1485 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 28924 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1793 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-1459 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 29164 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29211 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-1535 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• DSA-1484 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 28808 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0263 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0627 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• GLSA-200805-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 28754 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.hiredhacker.com/2008/01/19/firefox-chrome-url-handling-directory-traversal/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 27406 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-1435 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:048 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 31043 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28839 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 07:46 UTC.