CVE-2008-1240

N/A Unknown
Published: March 28, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29526
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29539
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29541
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29547
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29558
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29560
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29616
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29645
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28448
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-592-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
US Government Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/29526
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29539
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29541
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29547
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29558
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29560
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29616
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29645
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1532
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1534
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1535
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:080
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-18.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28448
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-592-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0998/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41458
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

52 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.9%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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