CVE-2007-6589
The jar protocol handler in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 does not update the origin domain when retrieving the inner URL parameter yields an HTTP redirect, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The jar protocol handler in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 does not update the origin domain when retrieving the inner URL parameter yields an HTTP redirect, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a jar: URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5947.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.07% probability · 63th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://blog.beford.org/?p=8
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://osvdb.org/43477
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-37.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=369814
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403331
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6033
- http://blog.beford.org/?p=8
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://osvdb.org/43477
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-37.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=369814
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403331
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6033
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.