CVE-2007-4038 : Argument injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.5, when running

Argument injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.5, when running on systems with Thunderbird 1.5 installed and certain URIs registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a mailto URI, which are inserted into the command line that is created when invoking Thunderbird.exe, a similar issue to CVE-2007-3670.

Published 2007-07-27 22:30:00

Updated 2018-10-15 21:33:06

Source MITRE

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Products affected by CVE-2007-4038

Mozilla » Firefox
Versions up to, including, (<=) 2.0.0.4
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
Mozilla » Thunderbird » Version: 1.5
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4038

EPSS FAQ

0.73%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 81 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2007-4038

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source	First Seen
4.3	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N	8.6	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: None

CWE ids for CVE-2007-4038

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2007-4038

Red Hat 2007-07-31

Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of Firefox or Thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

References for CVE-2007-4038