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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-2810 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30878 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30898 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30903 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30911 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30949 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31005 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31008 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31021 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31023 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31076 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31195 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31377 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-32.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020419 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-619-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1993/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410156 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9593 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2810
NVD Published Date:
07/07/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.