CVE-2007-3656

Public Exploit

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 1.8.0.13 and 1.8.1.x before 1.8.1.5 does not perform a security zone check when processing a wyciwyg URI, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, poison the browser cache, and possibly enable further attack vectors via (1) HTTP 302 redirect controls, (2) XMLHttpRequest, or (3) view-source URIs.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.19% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-490-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26107 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-24.html
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffcache/ exploit
http://osvdb.org/38028 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26179 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4256 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25589 third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2872 third party advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:152 vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-09.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018411 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1339 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25990 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26151 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28135 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26216 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26103 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26072 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26149 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9105 vdb entry signature
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103177-1 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1337 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26211 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26159 third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_49_mozilla.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1338 vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/ChangeLog.txt
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/07d098f99c9fe6956523beae37f32fda.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473191/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=387333 exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474542/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/26258 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26460 third party advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.asc vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0724.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474226/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24831 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26271 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0722.html vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1 vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35298 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26204 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26205 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-3656?
CVE-2007-3656 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-3656?
To fix CVE-2007-3656, 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-2007-3656 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-3656 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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