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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3844

Original release date:08/08/2007
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/17/2007)
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=250648 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

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External Source: BID
Name: 25142
Type: Patch Information; Exploit
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25142
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-26.html
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-26.html
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018481
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018481
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26288
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26288
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0082
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-4256
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4256
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3587
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3587
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070803 FLEA-2007-0040-1 thunderbird
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/475450/30/5550/threaded
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018480
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018480
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018479
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018479
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9493
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9493
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02156
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: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388121
Hyperlink:http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388121
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-2601
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00285.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-3431
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00498.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1600
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1600
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-503-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-503-1
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-493-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-493-1
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070801 FLEA-2007-0039-1 firefox
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/475265/100/200/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0981
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0981.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0980
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0980.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0979
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0979.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2007:057
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:047
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:047
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2007:047
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2007:047
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:152
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:152
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200708-09
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-09.xml
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1391
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1391
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1346
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1346
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1345
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1345
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1344
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1344
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/60eb95b75c76f9fbfcc9a89f99cd8f79.html
Hyperlink:http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/60eb95b75c76f9fbfcc9a89f99cd8f79.html
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 201516
Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 103177
Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103177-1
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2007-213-01
Hyperlink:http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.010101
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28363
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28363
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28135
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28135
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27680
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27680
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27414
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27414
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27356
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27356
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27327
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27327
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27326
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27326
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27325
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27325
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27298
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27298
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27276
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27276
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26572
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26572
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26460
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26460
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26393
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26393
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26335
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26335
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26331
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26331
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26309
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26309
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26303
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26303
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26258
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26258
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26234
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26234
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

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9493
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9493

Vulnerable software and versions

Nav control imageConfiguration 1
spacerNav control imageOR
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.5
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3844