Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-4582

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.
Published 2008-10-15 20:08:03
Updated 2018-10-30 16:25:58
Source MITRE
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Threat overview for CVE-2008-4582

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2008-4582
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 5555
IPs affected by CVE-2008-4582 121
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4582

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.42%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 71 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-4582

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
4.3
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
8.6
2.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2008-4582

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2008-4582

Products affected by CVE-2008-4582

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