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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-4582 · published 15 October 2008

CVE-2008-4582: Debian linux permissions and access controls vulnerability

Debian · Debian Linux

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.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 10% · top 4.5% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
64References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://liudieyu0.blog124.fc2.com/blog-entry-6.html Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32192 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4416 Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Nov/1021212.html Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 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.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-47.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497091/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31611 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31747 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021190 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2818 Not Applicable
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Not Applicable
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455311 Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45740
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html Not Applicable
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html Not Applicable
http://liudieyu0.blog124.fc2.com/blog-entry-6.html Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32192 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-4582), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.