CVE-2007-3954 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in mailto URIs when Internet Explorer invokes SeaMonkey.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-3954?
CVE-2007-3954 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 24 Jul 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
Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, when running on systems with SeaMonkey installed and certain URIs registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a mailto URI, which are inserted into the command line that is created when invoking SeaMonkey.exe, a related issue to CVE-2007-3670.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3954?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Seamonkey.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3954?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3954 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2007-3954 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3954 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-9cfh-j5rr-38cm.