CVE-2007-3670

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3670
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-10 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionArgument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, when running on systems with Firefox installed and certain URIs registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) FirefoxURL or (2) FirefoxHTML URI, which are inserted into the command line that is created when invoking firefox.exe. NOTE: it has been debated as to whether the issue is in Internet Explorer or Firefox. As of 20070711, it is CVE's opinion that IE appears to be failing to properly delimit the URL argument when invoking Firefox, and this issue could arise with other protocol handlers in IE as well. However, Mozilla has stated that it will address the issue with a "defense in depth" fix that will "prevent IE from sending Firefox malicious data."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta1 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta2 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Firefox "firefoxurl" URI Handler Registration Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Cross Browser Scripting Demo (with remote command execution) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.xs-sniper.com
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Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
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Security Issue in URL Protocol Handling on Windows - Mozilla Security Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.mozilla.com
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ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/ChangeLog.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.slackware.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
HPSBUX02153 SSRT061181 rev.7 - HP-UX Running Firefox, Remote Unauthorized Access or Elevation of Privileges or Denial of Service (DoS) - c00771742 - HP Business Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20000.www2.hp.com
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