CVE-2008-2933
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-2933 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-07-17 13:41:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs, or read arbitrary local files via manipulations involving a series of URIs that is not entirely handled by a vector application, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2008-2540. NOTE: this issue exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2005-2267. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
HighAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
NoneAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| USN-623-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1615-1 xulrunner | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | |
| Debian update for xulrunner - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Mozilla Firefox 2 URI Launching Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| SUSE update for MozillaFirefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| MFSA 2008-35: Command-line URLs launch multiple tabs when Firefox not running | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | |
| Mozilla Firefox Command-line URL Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Open Tabs and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Debian update for iceweasel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2683 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | issues.rpath.com | |
| wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0238 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:148 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Gentoo update for Mozilla products - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1697-1 iceape | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| 441120 – (CVE-2008-2933) command-line URLs launch multi-tabs if Firefox not running, exploitable with Safari Carpet bombing | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.mozilla.org | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1614-1 iceweasel | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Debian update for iceape - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#130923 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.kb.cert.org | US Government Resource |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Mozilla products: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| xorg-x11-drv-mga 20090219 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.novell.com | |
| The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.slackware.org | |
| Ubuntu update for firefox and xulrunner - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Slackware update for mozilla-firefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Fedora update for firefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Red Hat update for firefox - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Sun Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| USN-626-2: Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp update | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| USN-626-1: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| Mozilla Firefox URI Splitting Security Bypass Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| rPath update for firefox - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Mozilla Firefox 3 URI Launching and XUL Error Page Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Ubuntu update for firefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.