CVE-2007-4038

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.5, when running on systems with Thunderbird 1.5 installed and certain URIs registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a mailto URI, which are inserted into the command line that is created when invoking Thunderbird.exe, a similar issue to CVE-2007-3670.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.38%
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://larholm.com/2007/07/25/mozilla-protocol-abuse/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474686/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474624/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jul/0557.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4038?
CVE-2007-4038 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4038?
To fix CVE-2007-4038, 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-2007-4038 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2007-4038 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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