CVE-2007-4841

N/A Unknown
Published: September 12, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/27311
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27315
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27360
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27414
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27744
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28363
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28398
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.471007
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-36.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25543
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://xs-sniper.com/blog/2007/09/01/firefox-file-handling-woes/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/27311
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27315
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27360
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27414
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27744
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28363
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28398
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.471007
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-36.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25543
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://xs-sniper.com/blog/2007/09/01/firefox-file-handling-woes/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

34 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.6%
84th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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