CVE-2007-0801

high

Description

The nsExternalAppHandler::SetUpTempFile function in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9 creates temporary files with predictable filenames based on creation time, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted XMLHttpRequest.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459163/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459162/100/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/32108

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-08.xml

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-04.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/24437

http://secunia.com/advisories/24393

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-02-07

Updated: 2018-10-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High