HTTP: Mozilla Firefox Shortcut Processing Information Disclosure
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Mozilla Firefox. A successful attack can result in a information disclosure.
Extended Description
Mozilla Firefox is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability when processing '.url' shortcut files in HTML elements. An attacker can exploit the issue to obtain sensitive information such as browser cache files, cookie data, or local filesystem details. Information harvested may aid in further attacks. NOTE: To exploit this issue, the attacker must trick a victim into saving a malicious HTML file to the local system and then following a malicious URI. Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1, 3.0.2, and 3.0.3 are reported vulnerable.
Affected Products
Nortel_networks self-service_mps_1000,Red_hat fedora
Short Name
HTTP:STC:MOZILLA:URL-SHRTCUT
Severity
Minor
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
CVE-2008-4582 Disclosure Firefox Information Mozilla Processing Shortcut bid:31747
Release Date
09/11/2014
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3375
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Red_hat
Sun
Mozilla
Avaya
Slackware
Ubuntu
Nortel_networks
Debian
CVSS Score
4.3