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CVE-2008-4068

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.

Published:Sep 23, 2008

Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026

EPS:Sep 24, 2008

EPSS Score:0.00268

CVSS Score:7.8

Affected Products

Vendor

Product

Action

Vendor

Canonical

Product

Ubuntu Linux

Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

Vendor

Debian

Product

Debian Linux

Debian

Debian Linux

Vendor

Mozilla

Product

Firefox

Mozilla

Firefox

Vendor

Mozilla

Product

Seamonkey

Mozilla

Seamonkey

Vendor

Mozilla

Product

Thunderbird

Mozilla

Thunderbird

Vendor

Redhat

Product

Enterprise Linux

Redhat

Enterprise Linux

Exploits

No exploit reference

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

CAPEC-126 Path Traversal

CAPEC-64 Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic

CAPEC-76 Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls

CAPEC-78 Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding

CAPEC-79 Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding

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References

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/31984

http://secunia.com/advisories/31985

http://secunia.com/advisories/31987

http://secunia.com/advisories/32007

http://secunia.com/advisories/32010

http://secunia.com/advisories/32011

http://secunia.com/advisories/32012

http://secunia.com/advisories/32025

http://secunia.com/advisories/32042

http://secunia.com/advisories/32044

http://secunia.com/advisories/32082

http://secunia.com/advisories/32089

http://secunia.com/advisories/32092

http://secunia.com/advisories/32095

http://secunia.com/advisories/32096

http://secunia.com/advisories/32144

http://secunia.com/advisories/32185

http://secunia.com/advisories/32196

http://secunia.com/advisories/32845

http://secunia.com/advisories/33433

http://secunia.com/advisories/33434

http://secunia.com/advisories/34501

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-44.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020921

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45360

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11471

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/31984

http://secunia.com/advisories/31985

http://secunia.com/advisories/31987

http://secunia.com/advisories/32007

http://secunia.com/advisories/32010

http://secunia.com/advisories/32011

http://secunia.com/advisories/32012

http://secunia.com/advisories/32025

http://secunia.com/advisories/32042

http://secunia.com/advisories/32044

http://secunia.com/advisories/32082

http://secunia.com/advisories/32089

http://secunia.com/advisories/32092

http://secunia.com/advisories/32095

http://secunia.com/advisories/32096

http://secunia.com/advisories/32144

http://secunia.com/advisories/32185

http://secunia.com/advisories/32196

http://secunia.com/advisories/32845

http://secunia.com/advisories/33433

http://secunia.com/advisories/33434

http://secunia.com/advisories/34501

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-44.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020921

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45360

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11471

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.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