Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 28, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-6589
CVE-2007-6589
Description
The jar protocol handler in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 does not update the origin domain when retrieving the inner URL parameter yields an HTTP redirect, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a jar: URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5947.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
8- blog.beford.orgnvd
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jspnvd
- osvdb.org/43477nvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-37.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6033nvd
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