CVE-2007-2871

Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.x before 1.5.0.12 and 2.x before 2.0.0.4, and SeaMonkey 1.0.9 and 1.1.2, allows remote attackers to spoof or hide the browser chrome, such as the location bar, by placing XUL popups outside of the browser's content pane. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for phishing and other attacks.

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 12.08% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-17.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018155 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11433 signature vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1308 vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34606 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:120 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470172/100/200/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/25647 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25469 third party advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_36_mozilla.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25491 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-06.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25635 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25534 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1994 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0400.html vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.571857 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25533 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018156 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1306 vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1424
http://secunia.com/advisories/25858 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-468-1 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0401.html vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/35137 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25476 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:126 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24242 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25750 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1300 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25559 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25490 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25488 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0402.html vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-151A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/25685 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2871?
CVE-2007-2871 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2871?
To fix CVE-2007-2871, 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-2007-2871 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-2871 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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