Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.5, when run on Windows, allows remote attackers to bypass file type checks and possibly execute programs via a (1) file:/// or (2) resource: URI with a dangerous extension, followed by a NULL byte (%00) and a safer extension, which causes Firefox to treat the requested file differently than Windows would.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1337-1 New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-3275 Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.5, when run on Windows, allows remote attackers to bypass file type checks and possibly execute programs via a (1) file:/// or (2) resource: URI with a dangerous extension, followed by a NULL byte (%00) and a safer extension, which causes Firefox to treat the requested file differently than Windows would.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-490-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0155}

epss

{'score': 0.01765}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:14:12.778Z

Reserved: 2007-06-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-3285

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-06-20T19:30:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-3285

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