Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Mozilla products may allow directory traversal
Informations
Name VU#309608 First vendor Publication 2008-02-11
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2008-02-11
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Vulnerability Note VU#309608

Mozilla products may allow directory traversal

Overview

A vulnerability exists in the way Mozilla products with certain extensions handle chrome: URIs that may allow directory traversal.

I. Description

Mozilla extensions are small add-ons that can be integrated with Mozilla products to provide added functionality. Mozilla products contain a vulnerability in the way chrome: URIs are handled when certain browser extentions are installed. According to the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-05:

    the chrome: URI scheme improperly allowed directory traversal that could be used to load JavaScript, images, and stylesheets from local files in known locations. This traversal was possible only when the browser had installed add-ons which used "flat" packaging rather than the more popular .jar packaging, and the attacker would need to target that specific add-on.


Mozilla also reports that this vulnerability can be exploited in Mozilla web browsers to obtain cookie data and information about currently opened webpages from the sessionstore.js file.

Mozilla has released a partial list of "flat" packaged extentions.

II. Impact

A remote, unauthorized attacker may be able to execute code on a vulnerable system or view browser history information.

III. Solution

Apply an update

According to the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-05 this vulnerability is addressed in Firefox 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (unavailable as of 11-Feb-2008) and SeaMonkey 1.1.8.

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate Updated
MozillaVulnerable11-Feb-2008

References


http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-05.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413250
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413451
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=300181

Credit

This vulnerability is addressed in Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-05. Mozilla credits Gerry Eisenhaur for reporting this issue.

This document was written by Chris Taschner.

Other Information

Date Public02/07/2008
Date First Published02/11/2008 09:52:06 AM
Date Last Updated02/11/2008
CERT Advisory 
CVE NameCVE-2008-0418
US-CERT Technical Alerts 
Metric4.72
Document Revision7

Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/309608

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10705
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10705
Title: Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, when using "flat" addons, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary Javascript, image, and stylesheet files via the chrome: URI scheme, as demonstrated by stealing session information from sessionstore.js.
Description: Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, when using "flat" addons, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary Javascript, image, and stylesheet files via the chrome: URI scheme, as demonstrated by stealing session information from sessionstore.js.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-0418
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 103
Application 29
Application 68

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for Mozilla
File : nvt/sles9p5021982.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for mozilla-thunderbird MDVSA-2008:062 (mozilla-thunderbird)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_062.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for mozilla-firefox MDVSA-2008:048 (mozilla-firefox)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_048.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for mozilla-thunderbird USN-582-2
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_582_2.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for mozilla-thunderbird, thunderbird vulnerabilities USN-582-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_582_1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for firefox vulnerabilities USN-576-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_576_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for thunderbird RHSA-2008:0105-02
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0105-02_thunderbird.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for thunderbird RHSA-2008:0105-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0105-01_thunderbird.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for seamonkey RHSA-2008:0104-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0104-01_seamonkey.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for firefox RHSA-2008:0103-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0103-01_firefox.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2008:0105 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0105_thunderbird_centos5_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2008:0105 centos5 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0105_thunderbird_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2008:0105 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0105_thunderbird_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2008:0105 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0105_thunderbird_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0104 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0104_seamonkey_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0104 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0104_seamonkey_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0104 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0104_seamonkey_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0103 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0103_firefox_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0103 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0103_firefox_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0103 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0103_firefox_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0103 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0103_firefox_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0104 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0104_seamonkey_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0103 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0103_firefox_centos5_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0103 centos5 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0103_firefox_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0104-01 centos2 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0104-01_seamonkey_centos2_i386.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for chmsee FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_chmsee_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for devhelp FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_devhelp_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for epiphany-extensions FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_epiphany-extensions_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for epiphany FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_epiphany_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for firefox FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_firefox_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for galeon FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_galeon_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gnome-python2-extras FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_gnome-python2-extras_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gnome-web-photo FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_gnome-web-photo_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gtkmozembedmm FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_gtkmozembedmm_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for kazehakase FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_kazehakase_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for liferea FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_liferea_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for openvrml FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_openvrml_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_ruby-gnome2_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for yelp FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_yelp_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for seamonkey FEDORA-2008-1669
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1669_seamonkey_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for thunderbird FEDORA-2008-2060
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2060_thunderbird_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for thunderbird FEDORA-2008-2118
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2118_thunderbird_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gnome-python2-extras FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_gnome-python2-extras_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for Miro FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_Miro_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for Miro FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_Miro_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for chmsee FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_chmsee_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for devhelp FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_devhelp_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for epiphany-extensions FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_epiphany-extensions_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for epiphany FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_epiphany_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for firefox FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_firefox_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for galeon FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_galeon_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gtkmozembedmm FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_gtkmozembedmm_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for kazehakase FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_kazehakase_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for liferea FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_liferea_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for openvrml FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_openvrml_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_ruby-gnome2_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for yelp FEDORA-2008-1435
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1435_yelp_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for seamonkey FEDORA-2008-1459
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1459_seamonkey_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for blam FEDORA-2008-1535
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1535_blam_fc8.nasl
2009-01-23 Name : SuSE Update for MozillaFirefox,seamonkey SUSE-SA:2008:008
File : nvt/gb_suse_2008_008.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200805-18 (mozilla ...)
File : nvt/glsa_200805_18.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: firefox
File : nvt/freebsd_firefox31.nasl
2008-03-27 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1506-2 (iceape)
File : nvt/deb_1506_2.nasl
2008-03-19 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1485-2 (icedove)
File : nvt/deb_1485_2.nasl
2008-02-28 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1506-1 (iceape)
File : nvt/deb_1506_1.nasl
2008-02-15 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1485-1 (icedove)
File : nvt/deb_1485_1.nasl
2008-02-15 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1489-1 (iceweasel)
File : nvt/deb_1489_1.nasl
2008-02-15 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1484-1 (xulrunner)
File : nvt/deb_1484_1.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2008-061-01 mozilla-thunderbird
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2008_061_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
41187 Mozilla Firefox chrome: URI Traversal Local Script Inclusion

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, when using "flat" addons, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary Javascript, image, and stylesheet files via the chrome: URI scheme, as demonstrated by stealing session information from sessionstore.js.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0103.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-09 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-582-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20080207_thunderbird_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080207_seamonkey_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080207_firefox_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-062.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-048.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-22 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200805-18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-28 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_mozilla-xulrunner-5118.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-28 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_mozilla-xulrunner-5123.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-19 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_epiphany-5102.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-19 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaThunderbird-5095.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaThunderbird-5098.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-04 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-582-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-04 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2008-061-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-29 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-2118.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-29 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-2060.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-27 Name : The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_thunderbird_20012.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-25 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_810a5197e0d911dc891a02061b08fc24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-25 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1506.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-22 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : netscape_browser_9006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-18 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_seamonkey-5012.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-18 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_seamonkey-5011.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-5001.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-5002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-1669.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2008-1535.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-1459.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2008-1435.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-576-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0103.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0103.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1484.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1489.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1485.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-08 Name : A web browser on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : seamonkey_118.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-08 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_20012.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO