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Mozilla Firefox "FirefoxURL" URI Handler Registration Code Execution Vulnerability

Title : Mozilla Firefox "FirefoxURL" URI Handler Registration Code Execution Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2473
CVE ID : CVE-2007-3670
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-07-10

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Mozilla Firefox, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/2473
http://www.xs-sniper.com/sniperscope/IE-Pwns-Firefox.html
http://larholm.com/2007/07/10/internet-explorer-0day-exploit/
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-23.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Billy (BK) Rios, Nate Mcfeters, Raghav (the Pope) Dube and Thor Larholm.

ChangeLog

2007-07-10 : Initial release
2007-07-17 : Updated Solution

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