CVE-2007-5337

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5, when running on Linux systems with gnome-vfs support, might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files on SSH/sftp servers that accept key authentication by creating a web page on the target server, in which the web page contains URIs with (1) smb: or (2) sftp: schemes that access other files from the server.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.38% Top 25%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00285.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482876/100/200/threaded mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37287 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11443 vdb entry signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3587 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27414 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482925/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1858
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-14.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27360 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-34.html patch
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27298 third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018837 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27327 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27276 third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/535-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1401 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1392 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0980.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27383 third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381146
http://secunia.com/advisories/27356 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0981.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27387 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00498.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27403 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27336 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1396 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27425 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28398 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27325 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27665 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0979.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27335 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00355.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27480 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27680 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26132 vdb entry
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/60eb95b75c76f9fbfcc9a89f99cd8f79.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482932/100/200/threaded mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-536-1 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5337?
CVE-2007-5337 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5337?
To fix CVE-2007-5337, 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-2007-5337 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-5337 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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