CVE-2007-5960
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 sets the Referer header to the window or frame in which script is running, instead of the address of the content that initiated the script, which allows remote attackers to spoof HTTP Referer…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 sets the Referer header to the window or frame in which script is running, instead of the address of the content that initiated the script, which allows remote attackers to spoof HTTP Referer headers and bypass Referer-based CSRF protection schemes by setting window.location and using a modal alert dialog that causes the wrong Referer to be sent.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.47% probability · 72th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198965
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200909
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27725Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27793Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27796Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27797Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27800Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27816Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27838Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27845Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27855Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27944Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27955Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27957Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27979Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28001Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28016Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28171Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28277Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28398Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29164
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-21.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018995
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.365006
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374833
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231441-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1018977.1-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.