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    CVE-2008-2808

    Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly escape HTML in file:// URLs in directory listings, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or have unspecified other impact via a crafted filename.

    Published:Jul 2, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jul 7, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.02079
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Seamonkey
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Advanced Workstation For The Itanium Processor
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Ubuntu
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30878
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30898
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30903
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30911
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30949
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31005
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31008
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31021
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31023
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31069
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31076
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31183
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31195
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31377
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
    http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1607
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:136
    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-30.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020419
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-619-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1993/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411433
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9668
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30878
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30898
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30903
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30911
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30949
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31005
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31008
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31021
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31023
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31069
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31076
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31183
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31195
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31377
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
    http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1607
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:136
    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-30.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020419
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-619-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1993/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411433
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9668
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High