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CVE-2007-4357 (GCVE-0-2007-4357)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-08-15 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:53
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Summary
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the contents of the status bar via a link to a data: URI containing an encoded URL. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a reliable third party, since the intended functionality of the status bar allows it to be modified.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2007-08-03 00:00
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