--- title: "CVE-2008-4582\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4582?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-4582 Publication date 15 October 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Negligible** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | firefox | 11.04 natty | Fixed 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 | | 10.10 maverick | Fixed 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release | | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.0.0.19+nobinonly1-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 | | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.0.0.18+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614h-0ubuntu1 | | firefox-3.0 | 11.04 natty | Not in release | | 10.10 maverick | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | iceape | 11.04 natty | Not in release | | 10.10 maverick | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release | | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | iceweasel | 11.04 natty | Not in release | | 10.10 maverick | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release | | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | seamonkey | 11.04 natty | Fixed 1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 | | 10.10 maverick | Fixed 1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 | | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.2 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.1.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.2 | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | xulrunner | 11.04 natty | Not in release | | 10.10 maverick | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life | | 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.8.1.18+nobinonly.b308.cvs20090331t155113-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.8.1.18+nobinonly.b308.cvs20090331t155113-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 | | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.8.1.18+nobinonly.b308.cvs20090331t155113-0ubuntu0.7.10.1 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | xulrunner-1.9 | 11.04 natty | Not in release | | 10.10 maverick | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.9.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.9.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4582) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4582) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4582) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4582) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-667-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-667-1) + Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities + 17 November 2008 ### Other references *