Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-05
Directory traversal via chrome: URI
- Announced
- February 7, 2008
- Reporter
- Gerry Eisenhaur
- Impact
- High
- Products
- Firefox, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird
- Fixed in
-
- Firefox 2.0.0.12
- SeaMonkey 1.1.8
- Thunderbird 2.0.0.12
Description
Gerry Eisenhaur reported the chrome: URI scheme improperly allowed directory traversal that could be used to load JavaScript, images, and stylesheets from local files in known locations. This traversal was possible only when the browser had installed add-ons which used "flat" packaging rather than the more popular .jar packaging, and the attacker would need to target that specific add-on.
Mozilla researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that this
vulnerability could be used to steal the contents of the browser's
sessionstore.js file, which contains session cookie data
and information about currently open web pages.
Workaround
Disable "flat-packaged" add-ons until a version containing these fixes can be installed.