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CVE-2008-2933


Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs, or read arbitrary local files via manipulations involving a series of URIs that is not entirely handled by a vector application, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2008-2540. NOTE: this issue exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2005-2267.


Published

2008-07-17T13:41:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: HIGH
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mozilla firefox ≤ 2.0.0.15 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.10.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.11 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.12 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.11 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.12 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.13 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.14 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0_.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0_.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0_.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0_.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0_.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0_.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0_.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0_8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0 Yes

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