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High
CVE-2007-3073
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 and earlier on...
Vulnerability Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 and earlier on Mac OS X and Unix allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%2F (dot dot encoded slash) sequences in a resource:// URI.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470500/100/0/threaded
- http://larholm.com/2007/06/04/unpatched-input-validation-flaw-in-firefox-2004/
- http://larholm.com/2007/05/25/firefox-0day-local-file-reading/
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367428
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380994
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25481
- http://osvdb.org/35920
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 6th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.