Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 12, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-4841
CVE-2007-4841
Description
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.
Affected products
3Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
17- secunia.com/advisories/27311nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27315nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27360nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27414nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27744nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28363nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28398nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083nvdVendor Advisory
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jspnvd
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jspnvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-36.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25543nvd
- xs-sniper.com/blog/2007/09/01/firefox-file-handling-woes/nvd
News mentions
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