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CVE-2007-4039
Argument injection vulnerability involving Mozilla, when certain URIs are registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scri…
Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
9.8
v3.1 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.0%
percentile 81%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Argument injection vulnerability involving Mozilla, when certain URIs are registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an unspecified URI, which are inserted into the command line when invoking the handling process, a similar issue to CVE-2007-3670.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 19 mo ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.01% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
- larholm.com /2007/07/25/mozilla-protocol-abuse/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2007/Jul/0557.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2007-4039
- NVD: CVE-2007-4039
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