CVE-2008-4582

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4582
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-15 20:08:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMozilla 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All 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 2.0.0.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian update for xulrunner - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1696-1 icedove af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Not Applicable
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
455311 – (CVE-2008-4582) [FIX]mid-autumn festival vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking
LIUDIEYU[0]　 Firefox Privacy Broken If Used to Open Web Page File af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 liudieyu0.blog124.fc2.com Broken Link
(Mozilla Issues Fix for SeaMonkey) Mozilla Firefox '.url' Windows Shortcut Files May Let Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1669-1 xulrunner af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Debian update for iceweasel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1671-1 iceweasel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox Internet Shortcut Same Origin Policy Violation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: firefox-2.0.0.18-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Not Applicable
MFSA 2008-47: Information stealing via local shortcut files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Firefox '.url' Windows Shortcut Files May Let Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1697-1 iceape af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox 2 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Not Applicable
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-319A -- Mozilla Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Debian update for iceape - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for firefox, firefox-3.0, and xulrunner-1.9 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for firefox and xulrunner - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Not Applicable
Sun Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Debian update for icedove - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox '.url' Shortcut Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Fedora update for firefox - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Firefox .url Shortcut File Information Disclosure - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
USN-667-1: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
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