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    CVE-2008-2810

    Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly identify the context of Windows shortcut files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site for which the user has previously saved a shortcut.

    Published:Jul 2, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jul 7, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00933
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Seamonkey
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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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/31076
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31195
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31377
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
    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://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-32.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
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410156
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9593
    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/31076
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31195
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31377
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
    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://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-32.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
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410156
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9593
    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