MEDIUM
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
Published Mar 28, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.22%
Description
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 products
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
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.
3.22% 0.03218
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03218
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.22% (0.03218) | 87.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.22% (0.03218) | 86.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.59% (0.05590) | 89.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 9, 2025 | 8.73% (0.08735) | 94.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 15, 2024 | 2.29% (0.02287) | 90.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 2, 2024 | 1.23% (0.01227) | 85.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01227) | 83.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (26)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29526 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29539 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29541 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29547 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29558 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29560 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29616 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29645 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30327 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30620 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1532 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1534 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1535 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:080 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-18.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28448 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-592-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0998/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41458 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Mar 28, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 10, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1240
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a