Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 through 3.0.3, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13, when running on Windows, do not properly identify the context of Windows .url shortcut files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via an HTML document that is directly accessible through a filesystem, as demonstrated by documents in (1) local folders, (2) Windows share folders, and (3) RAR archives, and as demonstrated by IFRAMEs referencing shortcuts that point to (a) about:cache?device=memory and (b) about:cache?device=disk, a variant of CVE-2008-2810.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade linux-firefox | Dec 10, 2025 | Nov 13, 2008 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-libs/xulrunner-bin.Upgrade net-libs/xulrunner.Upgrade mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade www-client/seamonkey-bin.Upgrade www-client/mozilla-firefox.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade dev-libs/nss.Upgrade www-client/icecat.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird.Upgrade www-client/seamonkey. | Oct 30, 2017 | Oct 15, 2008 |
| Mfsa2008 47 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 2.0.0.18Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 3.0.4 | Jun 14, 2012 | Oct 15, 2008 |
| Mozilla Seamonkey | — | Upgrade to Mozilla SeaMonkey version 1.1.13 | Feb 3, 2012 | Oct 15, 2008 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade abrowserUpgrade xulrunner-1.9Upgrade firefox-3.0Upgrade firefox | Nov 8, 2024 | Oct 15, 2008 |
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