CVE-2008-2810
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly identify the context of Windows shortcut files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site for which the user has previously saved a shortcut.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (66th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2803)
- Published
- July 7, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2803 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30878
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30898
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30903
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30911(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31005
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31008
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31021
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31023
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31076
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31195
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31377
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-32.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020419
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-619-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1993/references
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410156
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9593
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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