PT-2007-5247 · Mozilla · Mozilla Firefox

Thor Larholm · Published 2007-07-27 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2007-4039

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Mozilla (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue involves an argument injection vulnerability. When certain URIs are registered, remote attackers can conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands. This is achieved via shell metacharacters in an unspecified URI, which are inserted into the command line when invoking the handling process.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4039

Affected Products

Mozilla Firefox

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4039 · Security Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jul/0557.html · Note
• http://larholm.com/2007/07/25/mozilla-protocol-abuse · Note