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 :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update Firefox or SeaMonkey to the latest version.
- If upgrading is not possible, apply any available security patches for the affected software.
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.
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.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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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.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070202-01-P.asc Added Reference ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070301-01-P.asc Added Reference http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2713 Added Reference http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2728 Added Reference http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Added Reference http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Added Reference http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0001.html Added Reference http://osvdb.org/33812 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0077.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24205 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24287 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24290 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24320 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24328 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24333 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24342 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24343 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24384 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24395 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24455 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24457 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24650 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25588 Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.338131 Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374851 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1336 Added Reference http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_032007.142.html Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:050 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-02.html Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_22_mozilla.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0078.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0079.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0097.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0108.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461076/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461336/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22694 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017702 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-428-1 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0718 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10086 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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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
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.8
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.42 }} -0.80%
score
0.84421
percentile