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