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CVE-2007-1116 (GCVE-0-2007-1116)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-02-26 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 12:43
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Summary
The CheckLoadURI function in Mozilla Firefox 1.8 lists the about: URI as a ChromeProtocol and can be loaded via JavaScript, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by querying the browser's session history.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461013/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://osvdb.org/33804 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371375 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/hscan-redux/ x_refsource_MISC
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2309 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Date Public
2007-02-23 00:00
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