CVE-2007-3073 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2007-3073?

CVE-2007-3073 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 6 Jun 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

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 and earlier on Mac OS X and Unix allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%2F (dot dot encoded slash) sequences in a resource:// URI.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3073?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2007-3073?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3073 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2007-3073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c6fg-jhfr-pxqg.