CVE-2007-6589 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The jar protocol handler in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 does not update the origin domain when retrieving the inner URL parameter yields an HTTP redirect, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a jar: URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5947.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00546.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mozilla Subscribe	Firefox Subscribe Seamonkey Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-6555	The jar protocol handler in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 does not update the origin domain when retrieving the inner URL parameter yields an HTTP redirect, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a jar: URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5947.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://blog.beford.org/?p=8
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
http://osvdb.org/43477
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-37.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=369814
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403331
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6033

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-12-28T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:11:06.026Z

Reserved: 2007-12-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-6589

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-12-28T21:46:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2007-6589

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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