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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2008-0418 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, when using "…

published 2008-02-08 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0428

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.6%
EPSS 8.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, when using "flat" addons, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary Javascript, image, and stylesheet files via the chrome: URI scheme, as demonstrated by stealing session information from sessionstore.js.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 4 1.5.0.12-8.el4
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1.5.0.12-8.el5
  • seamonkey RHEL 2.1 1.0.9-0.9.el2
  • seamonkey RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.9.el3
  • seamonkey RHEL 4 1.0.9-9.el4
  • seamonkey-nss RHEL 2.1 1.0.9-0.9.el2
  • seamonkey-nss RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.9.el3
  • seamonkey-chat RHEL 2.1 1.0.9-0.9.el2

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0105RHSA-2008:0104RHSA-2008:0103

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-0418 updated

chrome: directory traversal

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.9.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0104
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 1.5.0.12-9.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0103
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.9.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.9.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 seamonkey 1.0.9-9.el4, firefox 1.5.0.12-0.10.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-9.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-9.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-8.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-9.el4, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0104
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 1.5.0.12-9.el5, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-8.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0103
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 seamonkey 1.0.9-9.el4, firefox 1.5.0.12-0.10.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-9.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-9.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-8.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-9.el4, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.9.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.9.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 seamonkey 1.0.9-9.el4, firefox 1.5.0.12-0.10.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-9.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-9.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-8.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-9.el4, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0104
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 1.5.0.12-8.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0105
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.9.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.9.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.9.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 seamonkey 1.0.9-9.el4, firefox 1.5.0.12-0.10.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-9.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-9.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-8.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-9.el4, +1 more Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.9.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.9.el2, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0104

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31051)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

8.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31051 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 - 'chrome://' URI JavaScript File Request Information Disclosure remote, 2008-01-19

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.