Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 28, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.0.0.9
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.0.10
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.1.6
- (no CPE)range: <1.1.7
Patches
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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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