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CVE-2007-4038
Argument injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.5, when running on systems with Thunderbird 1.5 installed and certain…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.1%
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Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.5, when running on systems with Thunderbird 1.5 installed and certain URIs registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a mailto URI, which are inserted into the command line that is created when invoking Thunderbird.exe, a similar issue to CVE-2007-3670.
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)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
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References (4)
- http://larholm.com/2007/07/25/mozilla-protocol-abuse/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20070726 Re: Mozilla protocol abuse (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070725 Mozilla protocol abuse (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070725 Mozilla protocol abuse (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
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