CVE-2007-0801 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2007-0801?

CVE-2007-0801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 7 Feb 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0801?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0801?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2007-0801 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0801 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0801, GHSA-hcj3-374q-57xq.