Mozilla Firefox mailto: URI handling command execution
| mozilla-uri-mailto-command-execution (38326) |  High Risk |
Description:
Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper filtering of the mailto: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) when running on Microsoft Windows systems with Thunderbird installed. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page that calls the vulnerable protocol handler, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.2
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.3
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.4
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Firefox (2.0.0.9 or later), available from the Mozilla Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:48:23 +0200, Mozilla protocol abuse at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jul/0557.html.
- Mozilla Web site, Mozilla Download at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0.0.9-02&os=win&lang=en-US.
- 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 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.
Reported:
Jul 25, 2007
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