CVE-2008-2808
Mozilla Firefox HTML Injection Vulnerability
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly escape HTML in file:// URLs in directory listings, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or have unspecified other impact via a crafted filename.
INFO
Published Date :
July 7, 2008, 11:41 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:47 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2008-2808
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2008-2808.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2008-2808 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2008-2808 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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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/2008-07/msg00004.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30878 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30898 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30903 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30911 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30949 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31005 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31008 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31021 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31023 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31069 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31076 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31183 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31195 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31377 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152 Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1607 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:136 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-30.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020419 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-619-1 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1993/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411433 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9668 Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9668 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9668 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 08, 2008
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-2808 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-2008-2808
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.96 }} 0.28%
score
0.83013
percentile