CVE-2007-0801

The nsExternalAppHandler::SetUpTempFile function in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9 creates temporary files with predictable filenames based on creation time, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted XMLHttpRequest.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2007-02-07

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Firefox (Mozilla)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/24393
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24437
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-04.xml
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-08.xml
• http://www.osvdb.org/32108
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459162/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459163/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22396