CVE-2007-4841

Severity Score

9.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a (1) mailto, (2) nntp, (3) news, or (4) snews URI with invalid "%" encoding, related to improper file type handling on Windows XP with Internet Explorer 7 installed, a variant of CVE-2007-3845.

Mozilla Firefox versiones anteriores a 2.0.0.8, Thunderbird versiones anteriores a 2.0.0.8 y SeaMonkey versiones anteriores a 1.1.5, permiten a atacantes remotos ejecutar comandos arbitrarios por medio de un URI (1) mailto, (2) nntp, (3) news o (4) snews con codificación "%" no válida, relacionada con el manejo de un tipo de archivo inapropiado en Windows XP con Internet Explorer versión 7 instalado, una variante de CVE-2007-3845.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 9.3

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-09-12 CVE Reserved
2007-09-12 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-09-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (17)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-36.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25543	Vdb Entry
http://xs-sniper.com/blog/2007/09/01/firefox-file-handling-woes	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742	2019-10-09
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579	2019-10-09
http://secunia.com/advisories/27311	2019-10-09
http://secunia.com/advisories/27315	2019-10-09
http://secunia.com/advisories/27360	2019-10-09
http://secunia.com/advisories/27414	2019-10-09
http://secunia.com/advisories/27744	2019-10-09
http://secunia.com/advisories/28363	2019-10-09
http://secunia.com/advisories/28398	2019-10-09
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.471007	2019-10-09
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202	2019-10-09
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544	2019-10-09
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082	2019-10-09
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083	2019-10-09

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				<= 2.0.0.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 2.0.0.8"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				<= 1.1.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " <= 1.1.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				<= 2.0.0.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " <= 2.0.0.8"		-		Affected