MEDIUM
chrome: directory traversal
Published Feb 8, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.63%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.9.el2
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0104
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.9.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0104
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.5.0.12-0.10.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0103
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-9.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0104
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-8.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0105
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:1.5.0.12-9.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0103
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-8.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0105
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.9.el2 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0104 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.9.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0104 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.5.0.12-0.10.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0103 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-9.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0104 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-8.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0105 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:1.5.0.12-9.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0103 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-8.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0105 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.63% 0.08633
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08633
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.63% (0.08633) | 94.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.63% (0.08633) | 94.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 38.66% (0.38662) | 96.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 53.86% (0.53861) | 97.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 38.32% (0.38320) | 96.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 41.37% (0.41368) | 97.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 26, 2025 | 28.92% (0.28920) | 96.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 19, 2025 | 26.45% (0.26448) | 96.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 14.38% (0.14379) | 95.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 9.12% (0.09121) | 94.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 2.99% (0.02992) | 91.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 1.19% (0.01192) | 85.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 4, 2024 | 0.79% (0.00786) | 81.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 9, 2024 | 0.95% (0.00949) | 81.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00955) | 80.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 15.27% (0.15272) | 95.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 15.27% (0.15272) | 95.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 15.27% (0.15272) | 91.38th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (71)
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Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 8, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 23, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0418
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a