CVE-2008-2933
published 2008-07-17CVE-2008-2933: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows…
PriorityP417low2.6CVSS 2.0
AVNACHAuNCPINAN
EPSS
2.75%
84.8th percentile
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs, or read arbitrary local files via manipulations involving a series of URIs that is not entirely handled by a vector application, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2008-2540. NOTE: this issue exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2005-2267.
Affected
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.02.6LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
vendor_ubuntu9.3CRITICAL
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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Ubuntu
Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp update
vendor_ubuntu·2008-08-04·CVSS 9.3
[CRITICAL] Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp update
Title: Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp update
Summary: Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp update
USN-626-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xulrunner-1.9. The changes required
that Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp also be updated to use the
new xulrunner-1.9.
Original advisory details:
A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to
overflow causing the browser to crash. If a user were tricked into opening
a malicious web page, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. (CVE-2008-2785)
Billy Rios discovered that Firefox and xulrunner, as used by browsers
such as Epiphany, did not properly perform URI splitting with pipe
symbols when passed a command-line URI. If
Ubuntu
Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2008-07-28·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2008-2785 [CRITICAL] Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to
overflow causing the browser to crash. If a user were tricked into opening
a malicious web page, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. (CVE-2008-2785)
Billy Rios discovered that Firefox and xulrunner, as used by browsers
such as Epiphany, did not properly perform URI splitting with pipe
symbols when passed a command-line URI. If Firefox or xulrunner were
passed a malicious URL, an attacker may be able to execute local
content with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-2933)
Instructions: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2008-07-17·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2008-2933 [CRITICAL] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox vulnerabilities
A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to
overflow causing the browser to crash. If a user were tricked into opening
a malicious web page, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. (CVE-2008-2785)
Billy Rios discovered that Firefox did not properly perform URI splitting
with pipe symbols when passed a command-line URI. If Firefox were passed
a malicious URL, an attacker may be able to execute local content with
chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-2933)
Instructions: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the
necessary changes.
Red Hat
Firefox command line URL launches multi-tabs
vendor_redhat·2008-07-15·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2008-2933 [HIGH] Firefox command line URL launches multi-tabs
Firefox command line URL launches multi-tabs
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs, or read arbitrary local files via manipulations involving a series of URIs that is not entirely handled by a vector application, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2008-2540. NOTE: this issue exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2005-2267.
Red Hat
security flaw
vendor_redhat·2008-07-15·CVSS 2.6
CVE-2008-3198 [LOW] security flaw
security flaw
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script into a chrome document via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by injection into a XUL error page. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code using CVE-2008-2933.
GHSA
GHSA-jrjj-g3cm-58m8: Mozilla Firefox 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01·CVSS 2.6
CVE-2008-3198 [LOW] CWE-94 GHSA-jrjj-g3cm-58m8: Mozilla Firefox 3
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script into a chrome document via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by injection into a XUL error page. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code using CVE-2008-2933.
GHSA
GHSA-9wm7-g493-2j99: Mozilla Firefox before 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2008-2933 [HIGH] CWE-20 GHSA-9wm7-g493-2j99: Mozilla Firefox before 2
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs, or read arbitrary local files via manipulations involving a series of URIs that is not entirely handled by a vector application, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2008-2540. NOTE: this issue exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2005-2267.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-3198 security flaw
bugzilla·2018-08-16·CVSS 2.6
CVE-2008-3198 [LOW] CVE-2008-3198 security flaw
CVE-2008-3198 security flaw
Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.
Discussion:
MITRE description:
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script into a chrome document via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by injection into a XUL error page. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code using CVE-2008-2933.
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-2933 Firefox command line URL launches multi-tabs
bugzilla·2008-07-09·CVSS 2.6
CVE-2008-2933 [LOW] CVE-2008-2933 Firefox command line URL launches multi-tabs
CVE-2008-2933 Firefox command line URL launches multi-tabs
Passing the firefox command a URL containing a pipe "|" symbol will cause
firefox to open multiple tabs. If firefox is already running this flaw will try
to open the URL as a single URL, not as multiple tabs.
This flaw can lead to an arbitrarily named file gaining privileged access to the
browser session.
See the upstream bug for more details.
Discussion:
This issue does not affect SeaMonkey, it is only a Firefox issue.
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Public now via MFSA 2008-35
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html
Fixed in:
Firefox 3.0.1
Firefox 2.0.0.16
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xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.fc9, epiphany-extensions-2.22.1-3.fc9, firefox-3.0.1-1.fc9, epiphany-2.22.2-3.fc9, yelp-2.22.1-4.fc9, devhelp-0.19.1-3.fc9 has been pushed to the
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2008-07-17
Published