National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3670

Overview

Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, when running on systems with Firefox installed and certain URIs registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) FirefoxURL or (2) FirefoxHTML URI, which are inserted into the command line that is created when invoking firefox.exe. NOTE: it has been debated as to whether the issue is in Internet Explorer or Firefox. As of 20070711, it is CVE's opinion that IE appears to be failing to properly delimit the URL argument when invoking Firefox, and this issue could arise with other protocol handlers in IE as well. However, Mozilla has stated that it will address the issue with a "defense in depth" fix that will "prevent IE from sending Firefox malicious data."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-199A

Name: TA07-199A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-199A.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#358017

Name: VU#358017

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/358017

External Source: XF

Name: ie-firefoxurl-command-execution(35346)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/35346

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.xs-sniper.com/sniperscope/IE-Pwns-Firefox.html

Hyperlink:http://www.xs-sniper.com/sniperscope/IE-Pwns-Firefox.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0082

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-4272

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4272

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-2565

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2565

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-2473

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2473

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.virusbtn.com/news/virus_news/2007/07_11.xml

Hyperlink:http://www.virusbtn.com/news/virus_news/2007/07_11.xml

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-503-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-503-1

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/11/ie_firefox_vuln/

Hyperlink:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/11/ie_firefox_vuln/

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018360

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018360

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018351

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018351

External Source: BID

Name: 24837

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24837

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070710 Internet Explorer 0day exploit

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/473276/100/0/threaded

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:049

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_49_mozilla.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-23.html

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-23.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:152

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:152

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/07d098f99c9fe6956523beae37f32fda.html

Hyperlink:http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/07d098f99c9fe6956523beae37f32fda.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26572

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26572

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26271

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26271

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26258

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26258

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26216

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26216

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26204

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26204

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26149

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26149

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26096

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26096

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25984

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25984

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 38017

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/38017

External Source: MISC

Name: http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2007/07/10/blocking-the-firefox-gt-ie-0-day.aspx

Hyperlink:http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2007/07/10/blocking-the-firefox-gt-ie-0-day.aspx

External Source: MISC

Name: http://larholm.com/2007/07/10/internet-explorer-0day-exploit/

Hyperlink:http://larholm.com/2007/07/10/internet-explorer-0day-exploit/

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20070719 Multiple Vendor Multiple Product URI Handler Input Validation Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=565

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT061236

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT061236

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02153

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02153

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2007/07/10/security-issue-in-url-protocol-handling-on-windows/

Hyperlink:http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2007/07/10/security-issue-in-url-protocol-handling-on-windows/

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20070710 Internet Explorer 0day exploit

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-07/0160.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/ChangeLog.txt

Hyperlink:ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/ChangeLog.txt

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-40.html

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-40.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28363

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28363

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28179

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28179