CVE-2007-3072

Published: Jun 6, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

7.1

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%5C (dot dot encoded backslash) sequences in a resource:// URI.

Affected (4)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox

Mozilla

1 product

Firefox

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0.0.1
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0.0.2
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0.0.3
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (16)

http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/#comment-35888

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://larholm.com/2007/05/25/firefox-0day-local-file-reading/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://larholm.com/2007/06/04/unpatched-input-validation-flaw-in-firefox-2004/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/35922

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/25481

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470500/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367428

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/