CVE-2007-3844
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5, Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 and before 1.5.0.13, and SeaMonkey 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 5.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5, Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 and before 1.5.0.13, and SeaMonkey 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks with chrome privileges via an addon that inserts a (1) javascript: or (2) data: link into an about:blank document loaded by chrome via (a) the window.open function or (b) a content.location assignment, aka "Cross Context Scripting." NOTE: this issue is caused by a CVE-2007-3089 regression.
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/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey - Chrome-Loaded About:Blank Script Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30439remote, linuxpublished 31 Jul 2007Verified
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Timeline
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By redhat
- 21 days later
· 21 days 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- FEDORA-2007-2601 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1600 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-503-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:047 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3587 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27414 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- HPSBUX02156 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388121 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 26393 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26303 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4256 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26309 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- HPSBUX02153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 27298 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:152 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- GLSA-200708-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1018481 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-1345 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 26288 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27327 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27276 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1391 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-1346 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0980 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2007:047 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 28135 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27356 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0981 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 25142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-3431 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-26.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0082 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 103177 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- USN-493-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 26234 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1344 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1018480 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 27325 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0979 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1018479 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 26258 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27326 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28363 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26331 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26460 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27680 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070801 FLEA-2007-0039-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/60eb95b75c76f9fbfcc9a89f99cd8f79.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 201516 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9493 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20070803 FLEA-2007-0040-1 thunderbird (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 26335 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26572 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2007-213-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_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-2007-3828 (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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