CVE-2008-4582
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.102 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.3
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-32466Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 - Internet Shortcut Same Origin Policy Violationfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (42)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (64)
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- http://liudieyu0.blog124.fc2.com/blog-entry-6.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32192enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32684enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32693enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32714enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32721enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32778enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32845enisa_euvd
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