5.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2007-0996
Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey CharSet Inheritance Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

The child frames in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8 inherit the default charset from the parent window, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated using the UTF-7 character set.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 27, 2007, 2:28 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 16, 2018, 4:36 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-0996 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla seamonkey
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-0996.

URL Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070202-01-P.asc
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070301-01-P.asc
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2713
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2728
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0001.html
http://osvdb.org/33812
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0077.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24205
http://secunia.com/advisories/24287
http://secunia.com/advisories/24290
http://secunia.com/advisories/24320
http://secunia.com/advisories/24328
http://secunia.com/advisories/24333
http://secunia.com/advisories/24342
http://secunia.com/advisories/24343
http://secunia.com/advisories/24384
http://secunia.com/advisories/24395
http://secunia.com/advisories/24455
http://secunia.com/advisories/24457
http://secunia.com/advisories/24650
http://secunia.com/advisories/25588
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.338131
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374851
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1336
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_032007.142.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:050
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-02.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_22_mozilla.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0078.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0079.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0097.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0108.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461076/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461336/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22694
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017702
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-428-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0718
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10086

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-0996 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-0996 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/461336/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/461076/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461336/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461076/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10086 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10086 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-0996 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-0996 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

10.46 }} -3.62%

score

0.95046

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability