CVE-2007-6589

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6589
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-28 21:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe jar protocol handler in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 does not update the origin domain when retrieving the inner URL parameter yields an HTTP redirect, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a jar: URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5947.

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 Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
369814 – jar: protocol is an XSS hazard due to ignoring mime type and being considered same-origin with hosting site af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
beford.org » Firefox jar: Protocol Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.beford.org
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
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
osvdb.org/43477 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Bug 403331 – Sort out jar: behavior on HTTP redirects af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
MFSA 2007-37: jar: URI scheme XSS hazard af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org
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