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CVE-2007-0981
Mozilla based browsers, including Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8, allow remote attackers to…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 12.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Mozilla based browsers, including Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8, allow remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy, steal cookies, and conduct other attacks by writing a URI with a null byte to the hostname (location.hostname) DOM property, due to interactions with DNS resolver code.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 - 'location.hostname' Cross-Domain (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3340remote, windowspublished 20 Feb 2007Verified
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Timeline
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By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.5% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References55
- RHSA-2007:0078 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370445 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 24395 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32104 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20070226 rPSA-2007-0040-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 24328 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0108 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-200703-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20070214 Firefox: serious cookie stealing / same-domain bypass vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200703-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20070215 Re: [Full-disclosure] Firefox: serious cookie stealing / same-domain bypass vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SSA:2007-066-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 24384 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- firefox-locationhostname-security-bypass(32533) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 24457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24343 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1336 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- HPSBUX02153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9730 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0718 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- VU#885753 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 24650 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-428-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 2262 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 24320 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25588 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20070303 rPSA-2007-0040-3 firefox thunderbird (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 24293 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24238 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24393 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24342 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24287 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-281 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 24175 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22566 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0097 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-293 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 24205 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1081 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 24333 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 24290 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017654 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 24455 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-07.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0077 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0624 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SSA:2007-066-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://lcamtuf.dione.cc/ffhostname.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 24437 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-0975 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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