CVE-2007-0802

Public Exploit

Description

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 allows remote attackers to bypass the Phishing Protection mechanism by adding certain characters to the end of the domain name, as demonstrated by the "." and "/" characters, which is not caught by the Phishing List blacklist filter.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.87% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory bohater.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459265/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367538 issue tracking third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/33705 vdb entry broken link
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-04/0516.html mailing list broken link
http://kaneda.bohater.net/security/20070111-firefox_2.0.0.1_bypass_phishing_protection.php exploit vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0802?
CVE-2007-0802 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0802?
To fix CVE-2007-0802, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0802 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0802 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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