Vulnerability Details : CVE-2007-1116

The CheckLoadURI function in Mozilla Firefox 1.8 lists the about: URI as a ChromeProtocol and can be loaded via JavaScript, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by querying the browser's session history.

Vulnerability category: Information leak

Published 2007-02-26 23:28:00

Updated 2018-10-16 16:36:52

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1116

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.61%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 76 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2007-1116

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Source
5.0	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N	10.0	2.9	[email protected]
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: None

CWE ids for CVE-2007-1116

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)

References for CVE-2007-1116

http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/hscan-redux/

Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2309
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461013/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461006/100/0/threaded
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371375

Patch;Vendor Advisory

Products affected by CVE-2007-1116

Mozilla » Firefox » Version: 1.8
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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