CVE-2007-3844
Mozilla Firefox Cross Context Scripting Vulnerability
Description
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5, Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 and before 1.5.0.13, and SeaMonkey 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks with chrome privileges via an addon that inserts a (1) javascript: or (2) data: link into an about:blank document loaded by chrome via (a) the window.open function or (b) a content.location assignment, aka "Cross Context Scripting." NOTE: this issue is caused by a CVE-2007-3089 regression.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 8, 2007, 1:17 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2007-3844
vulnerability.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388121 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://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579 Added Reference http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26234 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26258 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26288 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26303 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26309 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26331 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26335 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26393 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26460 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26572 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27276 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27298 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27325 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27326 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27327 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27356 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27414 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27680 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28135 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28363 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1018479 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1018480 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1018481 Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.010101 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103177-1 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1 Added Reference http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/60eb95b75c76f9fbfcc9a89f99cd8f79.html Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1344 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1345 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1346 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1391 Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-09.xml Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:152 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2007:047 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:047 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-26.html Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0979.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0980.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0981.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475265/100/200/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475450/30/5550/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25142 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-493-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-503-1 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3587 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4256 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1600 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9493 Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00498.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00285.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/475265/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/475450/30/5550/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475450/30/5550/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475265/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9493 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9493 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-3844 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-2007-3844
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
26.70 }} -4.15%
score
0.95913
percentile