CVE-2007-4841

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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
2025-03-30 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