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CVE-2007-4841

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.

Published

2007-09-12T20:17:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 2.0.0.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	≤ 1.1.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	≤ 2.0.0.8	Yes

References

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 ([email protected])
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 ([email protected])
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579 ([email protected])
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27311 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27315 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27360 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27414 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27744 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28363 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28398 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.471007 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202 ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-36.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25543 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://xs-sniper.com/blog/2007/09/01/firefox-file-handling-woes/ ([email protected])
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27311 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27315 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27360 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27414 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27744 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28363 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28398 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.471007 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-36.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25543 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://xs-sniper.com/blog/2007/09/01/firefox-file-handling-woes/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)