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CVE-2008-0418
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, when using…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 8.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, when using "flat" addons, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary Javascript, image, and stylesheet files via the chrome: URI scheme, as demonstrated by stealing session information from sessionstore.js.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0 - 'chrome://' URI JavaScript File Request Information Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31051remote, linuxpublished 19 Jan 2008Verified
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Timeline
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By redhat
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.6% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References
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- RHSA-2008:0104 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-582-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1019329 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-576-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28939 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1506 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- VU#309608 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- SSA:2008-061-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1995 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2118 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28766 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28622 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28818 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30620 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28865 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29049 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0453 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 28877 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28879 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-582-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 29167 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29567 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0105 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 28958 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30327 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 238492 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 20080229 rPSA-2008-0093-1 thunderbird (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-1489 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-05.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080212 FLEA-2008-0001-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20080209 rPSA-2008-0051-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 29086 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28815 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 239546 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 28864 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1485 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 28924 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1793 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-1459 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 29164 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29211 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-1535 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-1484 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 28808 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0263 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0627 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200805-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 28754 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.hiredhacker.com/2008/01/19/firefox-chrome-url-handling-directory-traversal/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 27406 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-1435 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:048 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 31043 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28839 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0428 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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