CVE-2007-1116

medium

Description

The CheckLoadURI function in Mozilla Firefox 1.8 lists the about: URI as a ChromeProtocol and can be loaded via JavaScript, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by querying the browser's session history.

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371375

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461013/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461006/100/0/threaded

http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/hscan-redux/

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2309

http://osvdb.org/33804

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-02-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N