Bug 468397 (CVE-2008-4723) - CVE-2008-4723 firefox: remote arbitrary web script or HTML injection via an ftp:// URL
Summary: CVE-2008-4723 firefox: remote arbitrary web script or HTML injection via an f...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2008-4723
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2008-10-24 15:09 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2021-11-12 19:53 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-01-21 21:27:35 UTC
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2008-10-24 15:09:30 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-4723 to
the following vulnerability:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
3.0.1 through 3.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web
script or HTML via an ftp:// URL for an HTML document within a (1)
JPG, (2) PDF, or (3) TXT file. NOTE: the provenance of this
information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third
party information.

Affected Firefox versions: 3.0.1 through 3.0.3

References: 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31855/info
Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2008-10-24 15:10:34 UTC 
PoC: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31855/exploit
Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2009-01-21 21:27:35 UTC 
This is not a security issue.  Firefox is properly handling the FTP URL and displaying the content returned.
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