CVE-2008-1240
Mozilla Firefox LiveConnect Local Port Scanning Vulnerability
Description
LiveConnect in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 does not properly parse the content origin for jar: URIs before sending them to the Java plugin, which allows remote attackers to access arbitrary ports on the local machine. NOTE: this is closely related to CVE-2008-1195.
INFO
Published Date :
March 28, 2008, 1:44 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE-2008-1240 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00002.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29526 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29539 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29541 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29547 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29558 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29560 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29616 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29645 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30327 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30620 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1 Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1532 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1534 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1535 Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:080 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-18.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28448 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-592-1 Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0998/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41458 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41458 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41458 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 28, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-1240 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-1240
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
5.59 }} 0.46%
score
0.89356
percentile