CVE-2007-0801 (GCVE-0-2007-0801)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-02-07 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 12:34
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22396 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20070… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/24393 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.osvdb.org/32108 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459163/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459162/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/24437 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2007-02-05 00:00
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