CVE-2008-1240

Severity Score

9.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

LiveConnect de Mozilla Firefox versiones anteriores a 2.0.0.13 y SeaMonkey versiones anteriores a 1.1.9 no analiza sintácticamente de forma correcta el contenido original de URIs jar antes de enviarlas a la extensión de Java, lo cual permite a atacantes remotos acceder a puertos de su elección en la máquina local. NOTA: esto está relacionado con CVE-2008-1195

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-03-10 CVE Reserved
2008-03-28 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (26)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/29526	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29539	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29541	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29547	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29558	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29560	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29616	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29645	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30327	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30620	Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-18.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28448	Vdb Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0998/references	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41458	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00002.html	2018-10-11
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1	2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1532	2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1534	2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1535	2018-10-11
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml	2018-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:080	2018-10-11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-592-1	2018-10-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				<= 2.0.0.12 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 2.0.0.12"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				<= 1.1.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " <= 1.1.8"		-		Affected