Mozilla Firefox "chrome:" Directory Traversal Security Issue

  Severity: MEDIUM
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-0418
  Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015

  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.

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1001346
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1001346 - Mozilla Firefox "chrome:" Directory Traversal

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • mozilla firefox 2.0.0.11
  • mozilla seamonkey 1.1.7
  • mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.11