FKIE_CVE-2007-4841
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-09-12 20:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:44
Severity
Summary
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a (1) mailto, (2) nntp, (3) news, or (4) snews URI with invalid "%" encoding, related to improper file type handling on Windows XP with Internet Explorer 7 installed, a variant of CVE-2007-3845.
References
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