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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.65% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27311Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27315Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27360Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27414Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27744Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28363Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28398Vendor Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.471007
- http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-36.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25543
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083Vendor Advisory
- http://xs-sniper.com/blog/2007/09/01/firefox-file-handling-woes/
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27311Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27315Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27360Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27414Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27744Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28363Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28398Vendor Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.471007
- http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-36.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25543
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.