Firefox .url Shortcut File Information Disclosure

  Severity: MEDIUM
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-4582
  Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015

  DESCRIPTION

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.

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003041
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003041 - Mozilla Firefox .url Shortcut File Information Disclosure

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • mozilla firefox 3.0.2
  • mozilla firefox 3.0.3

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