Authentication Bypass Affecting mozilla package, versions [,2.0.0.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.34% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377784
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Aug 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Aug 2007

CVE-2007-4357  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 2.0.0.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the contents of the status bar via a link to a data: URI containing an encoded URL. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a reliable third party, since the intended functionality of the status bar allows it to be modified.

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