CVE-2008-2933

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-07-17

Description

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. Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script into a chrome document via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by injection into a XUL error page. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code using CVE-2008-2933.

See more information about CVE-2008-2933 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	2.6	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)	ELSA-2008-0598	2008-07-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (devhelp)	ELSA-2008-0597	2008-07-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2008-0597	2008-07-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (nspluginwrapper)	ELSA-2008-0597	2008-07-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2008-0597	2008-07-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (yelp)	ELSA-2008-0597	2008-07-16

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