Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Internet shortcut information disclosure

firefox-internet-shortcut-info-disclosure (45740) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey could allow a remote attacker to bypass cross-domain security restrictions, caused by improper handling of Internet shortcut files. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted Web page that uses a shortcut file from the local drive, a remote attacker could bypass same-origin policy restrictions to gain unauthorized access to other domains and obtain sensitive information from the vulnerable system.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 4.3
  Access Vector: Network
  Access Complexity: Medium
  Authentication: None
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: None
 
Temporal Score: 3.4
  Exploitability: Proof-of-Concept
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Obtain Information

Remedy:

Refer to MFSA 2008-47 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Oct 07 2008 - 03:32:09 CDT : Firefox Privacy Broken If Used to Open Web Page File.
  • Bugzilla@Mozilla - Bug 455311: (CVE-2008-4582) [FIX]mid-autumn festival vulnerability.
  • LIUDIEYU Advisory, 2008-09-27: Firefox Privacy Broken If Used to Open Web Page File.
  • MFSA 2008-47: Information stealing via local shortcut files.
  • Mozilla Firefox Web site: Firefox web browser.
  • NORTEL BULLETIN ID: 2009009505, Rev 1: Nortel Response to Sun Alert 256408 - Solaris 10 - Vulnerabilities in Firefox May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code.
  • Sun Alert ID: 256408: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Firefox Versions Before 2.0.0.19 May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code or Access to Unauthorized Data.
  • ASA-2009-158: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Firefox Versions Before 2.0.0.19 May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code or Access to unauthorized Data (Sun 256408)
  • BID-31611: Mozilla Firefox Internet Shortcut Same Origin Policy Violation Vulnerability
  • BID-31747: Mozilla Firefox '.url' Shortcut Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2008-4582: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 through 3.0.3, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13, when running on Windows, do not properly identify the context of Windows .url shortcut files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via an HTML document that is directly accessible through a filesystem, as demonstrated by documents in (1) local folders, (2) Windows share folders, and (3) RAR archives, and as demonstrated by IFRAMEs referencing shortcuts that point to (a) about:cache?device=memory and (b) about:cache?device=disk, a variant of CVE-2008-2810.
  • DSA-1669: xulrunner -- several vulnerabilities
  • DSA-1671: iceweasel -- several vulnerabilities
  • DSA-1696: icedove -- several vulnerabilities
  • DSA-1697: iceape -- several vulnerabilities
  • SA32192: Firefox .url Shortcut File Information Disclosure
  • SA32693: Mozilla Firefox 2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA32714: Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA34501: Sun Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1021190: Mozilla Firefox '.url' Windows Shortcut Files May Let Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
  • SECTRACK ID: 1021212: (Mozilla Issues Fix for SeaMonkey) Mozilla Firefox '.url' Windows Shortcut Files May Let Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-2818: Mozilla Firefox Shortcut Handlingg Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • VUPEN/ADV-2009-0977: Sun Solaris Security Update Fixes Firefox Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • Debian Debian Linux 4.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.17
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9
  • Mozilla Firefox 3.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2
  • Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.0
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.1
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.10
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.11
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.12
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.2
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.3
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.4
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.5
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.6
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.7
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.8
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.9

Reported:

Sep 27, 2008

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