CVE-2007-3844

Public Exploit

Description

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.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 26.71% Top 5%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00285.html	vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1600
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-503-1	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:047	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3587	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27414	third party advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579	vendor advisory
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388121
http://secunia.com/advisories/26393	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26303	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4256	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26309	third party advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27298	third party 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://securitytracker.com/id?1018481	vdb entry patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1345	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26288	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27327	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27276	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1391	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1346	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0980.html	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2007:047	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28135	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27356	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0981.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25142	exploit vdb entry patch
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00498.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-26.html	patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082	vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103177-1	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-493-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26234	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1344	vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018480	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27325	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0979.html	vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018479	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26258	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27326	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28363	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26331	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26460	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27680	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475265/100/200/threaded	mailing list
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/60eb95b75c76f9fbfcc9a89f99cd8f79.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9493	vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475450/30/5550/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/26335	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26572	third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.010101	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-3844?: CVE-2007-3844 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-3844?: To fix CVE-2007-3844, 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-2007-3844 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-3844 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~27% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.