Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%5C (dot dot encoded backslash) sequences in a resource:// URI.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.1/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/Exploit
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/#comment-35888
- http://larholm.com/2007/05/25/firefox-0day-local-file-reading/Exploit
- http://larholm.com/2007/06/04/unpatched-input-validation-flaw-in-firefox-2004/
- http://osvdb.org/35922
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25481Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470500/100/0/threaded
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367428
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/Exploit
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/#comment-35888
- http://larholm.com/2007/05/25/firefox-0day-local-file-reading/Exploit
- http://larholm.com/2007/06/04/unpatched-input-validation-flaw-in-firefox-2004/
- http://osvdb.org/35922
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25481Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470500/100/0/threaded
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367428
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 6, 2007
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified