CVE-2007-3844 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.4% (pctl 92)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5, Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 and before 1.5.0.13, and SeaMonkey 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks with chrome privileges via an addon that inserts a (1) javascript: or (2) data: link into an about:blank document loaded by chrome via (a) the window.open function or (b) a content.location assignment, aka "Cross Context Scripting." NOTE: this issue is caused by a CVE-2007-3089 regression.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 5.45% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-08-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox |
| mozilla | seamonkey |
| mozilla | thunderbird |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey - Chrome-Loaded About:Blank Script Execution | 2007-07-31 |
References
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388121
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26234
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26258
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26288
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26303
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26309
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26331
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26335
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26393
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26460
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26572
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27276
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27298
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27325
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27326
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27327
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27356
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27414
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