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CVE-2007-3072

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%5C (d…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.1
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.6%
percentile 76%
Public exploits
0
none known

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%5C (dot dot encoded backslash) sequences in a resource:// URI.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.58% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/470500/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /35922 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • larholm.com /2007/06/04/unpatched-input-validation-flaw-in-firefox-2004/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • larholm.com /2007/05/25/firefox-0day-local-file-reading/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • ha.ckers.org /blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • ha.ckers.org /blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/#comment-35888 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=367428 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/25481 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred

Sources

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