CVE-2008-4067
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 on Linux allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and URL-encoded / (slash) characters in a resource: URI.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4052)
- Published
- September 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4052 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- linux / linux kernel
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / thunderbird
References
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31984(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31985(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31987(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32007(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32010(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32011(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32012(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32025(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32042(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32044(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32082(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32089(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32092(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32095(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32096(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32144(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32185(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32196(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32845(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33434(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501(Third Party Advisory)
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422(Third Party Advisory)
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232(Third Party Advisory)
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123(Third Party Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1(Broken Link)
- http://www.0x000000.com/?i=422(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-44.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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