CVE-2007-3845

Mozilla: Unescaped URIs passed to external programs

Published Aug 8, 2007 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 5.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.6, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.13 and 2.x before 2.0.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via certain vectors associated with launching "a file handling program based on the file extension at the end of the URI," a variant of CVE-2007-4041. NOTE: the vendor states that "it is still possible to launch a filetype handler based on extension rather than the registered protocol handler."

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1344-1 New iceweasel packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1345-1 New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1346-1 New iceape packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1391-1 New icedove packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-493-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-503-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389580 cve-icon cve-icon
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 cve-icon cve-icon
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26234 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26258 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26303 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26309 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26331 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26335 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26393 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26572 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27326 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27414 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28135 cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.010101 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103177-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1344 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1345 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1346 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1391 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:152 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2007:047 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:047 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-27.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475265/100/200/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475450/30/5550/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25053 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-493-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-503-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4256 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389106 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1600 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3845 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3845 cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2007-27/ cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 2:28 PM
Reserved
Jul 18, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 8, 2007, 1:17 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:42 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Jul 30, 2008, 12:00 AM