CVE-2007-0981 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.5% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Mozilla based browsers, including Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8, allow remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy, steal cookies, and conduct other attacks by writing a URI with a null byte to the hostname (location.hostname) DOM property, due to interactions with DNS resolver code.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 12.52% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-02-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox |
| mozilla | seamonkey |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 - 'location.hostname' Cross-Domain | 2007-02-20 |
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070202-01-P.asc
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070301-01-P.asc
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2713
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2728
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://lcamtuf.dione.cc/ffhostname.html
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0001.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0077.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24175
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24238
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24287
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24290
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24293
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24320
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24328
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24333
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24342
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24343
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24384
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