Mozilla Firefox chrome: URI Directory Traversal Bug Lets Remote Users Load Local Files
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019329
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019329
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-0418
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 8 2008
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Impact: Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory
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Version(s): prior to 2.0.0.12
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox when certain add-ons have been installed. A remote user can cause files on the target user's system to be loaded.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will exploit a flaw in the 'chrome:' URI scheme
to load JavaScript, images, and stylesheets from known files on the target user's system. The system is affected only if add-ons
that use "flat" packaging (instead of ".jar" packaging) have been used.
This vulnerability can be exploited to obtain the contents
of the 'sessionstore.js' file, which includes session cookie data and other potentially sensitive information.
Gerry Eisenhaur
and moz_bug_r_a4 reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will load known files on the target user's system.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (2.0.0.12).
The Mozilla advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-05.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-05.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:34:37 -0500
Subject: Mozilla Firefox
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-05.html
CVE-2008-0418
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