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CVE-2008-4067 Detail

Description

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 on Linux allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and URL-encoded / (slash) characters in a resource: URI.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422 Third Party Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232 Third Party Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123 Third Party Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link 
http://www.0x000000.com/?i=422 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-44.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020921 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380994 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=394075 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45359 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10770 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4067
NVD Published Date:
09/24/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/01/2018
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.