CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-4841
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-09-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (<= 2.0.0.8)
• mozilla seamonkey (<= 1.1.5)
• mozilla thunderbird (<= 2.0.0.8)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 h20000.www2.hp.com
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579 h20000.www2.hp.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27311 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27315 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27360 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27414 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27744 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28363 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28398 Vendor Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.471007 slackware.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-36.html www.mozilla.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25543 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Vendor Advisory
- http://xs-sniper.com/blog/2007/09/01/firefox-file-handling-woes/ xs-sniper.com
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 h20000.www2.hp.com
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579 h20000.www2.hp.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27311 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27315 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27360 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27414 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27744 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28363 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28398 Vendor Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.471007 slackware.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-36.html www.mozilla.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25543 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Vendor Advisory
- http://xs-sniper.com/blog/2007/09/01/firefox-file-handling-woes/ xs-sniper.com