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CVE-2008-1240

Published: Mar 28, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1240
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

LiveConnect in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 does not properly parse the content origin for jar: URIs before sending them to the Java plugin, which allows remote attackers to access arbitrary ports on the local machine. NOTE: this is closely related to CVE-2008-1195.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla*2.0.0.12 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla*1.1.8 (including)
FirefoxUbuntudapper*
FirefoxUbuntuedgy*
FirefoxUbuntufeisty*
FirefoxUbuntugutsy*
FirefoxUbuntuhardy*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
IceapeUbuntugutsy*
IceapeUbuntuupstream*
SeamonkeyUbuntudevel*
SeamonkeyUbuntuhardy*
SeamonkeyUbuntuintrepid*
SeamonkeyUbuntuupstream*
XulrunnerUbuntudevel*
XulrunnerUbuntuedgy*
XulrunnerUbuntufeisty*
XulrunnerUbuntugutsy*
XulrunnerUbuntuhardy*
XulrunnerUbuntuintrepid*

References

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