CVE-2007-3072 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%5C (dot dot encoded backslash) sequences in a resource:// URI.

Published: 2007-06-06

Score: 7.1 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.3:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-3064	Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%5C (dot dot encoded backslash) sequences in a resource:// URI.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00652.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/
http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/#comment-35888
http://larholm.com/2007/05/25/firefox-0day-local-file-reading/
http://larholm.com/2007/06/04/unpatched-input-validation-flaw-in-firefox-2004/
http://osvdb.org/35922
http://secunia.com/advisories/25481
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470500/100/0/threaded
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367428

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Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-06-06T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:05:28.171Z

Reserved: 2007-06-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-3072

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-06-06T10:30:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-3072

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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