CVE-2008-2933
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs, or read arbitrary local files via manipulations…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.75%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs, or read arbitrary local files via manipulations involving a series of URIs that is not entirely handled by a vector application, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2008-2540. NOTE: this issue exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2005-2267.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.75% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31106
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31121
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31129
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31145
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31157
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31176
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31183
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31261
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31270
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31377
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0238
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1614
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/130923US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:148
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5031400
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0597.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0598.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494860/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30242
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020500
- http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.380974
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.