PT-2007-2543 · Mozilla · Firefox

Ben Bucksch + 2 · Published 2007-02-26 · Updated 2018-10-16 · CVE-2007-1116

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox version 1.8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by querying the browser's session history. This is due to the CheckLoadURI function listing the about: URI as a ChromeProtocol, which can be loaded via JavaScript.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox version 1.8, consider disabling the CheckLoadURI function or restricting JavaScript access to the about: URI as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-1116

DSA-1300-1

DSA-1306-1

DSA-1308-1

DTSA-45-1

DTSA-47-1

DTSA-51-1

Affected Products

Firefox

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1116 · Security Note
• http://gnucitizen.org/projects/hscan-redux · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371375 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2309 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/33804 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/461006/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/461013/100/0/threaded · Note