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CVE-2008-4068

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 4.17%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-09-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Firefox. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2008-4068
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.17%
Firefox

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to bypass "restrictions imposed on local HTML files," and obtain sensitive information and prompt users to write this information into a file, via directory traversal sequences in a resource: URI.