CVE-2007-4841

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a (1) mailto, (2) nntp, (3) news, or (4) snews URI with invalid "%" encoding, related to improper file type handling on Windows XP with Internet Explorer 7 installed, a variant of CVE-2007-3845.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.94% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27414 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579 vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-36.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27360 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27315 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25543 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.471007 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://xs-sniper.com/blog/2007/09/01/firefox-file-handling-woes/
http://secunia.com/advisories/27744 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28398 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27311 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28363 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4841?
CVE-2007-4841 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4841?
To fix CVE-2007-4841, 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-2007-4841 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-4841 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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