National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4841
Original release date:09/12/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (09/13/2007)
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Not vulnerable. This flaw does not affect the Linux version of Firefox.
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External Source: MISC
Name: http://xs-sniper.com/blog/2007/09/01/firefox-file-handling-woes/
External Source: BID
Name: 25543
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-36.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:202
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3544
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27414
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27315
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27311
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0083
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0082
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2007-324-01
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28398
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28363
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27744
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27360
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT061236
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT061181