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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-5338 Detail

Current Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript with user privileges by using the Script object to modify XPCNativeWrappers in a way that causes the script to be executed when a chrome action is performed.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27276 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27298 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27311 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27315 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27325 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27327 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27335 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27336 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27356 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27360 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27383 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27387 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27403 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27414 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27425 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27480 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27665 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27680 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28398 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018836 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/60eb95b75c76f9fbfcc9a89f99cd8f79.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1392 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1396 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1401 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-14.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-35.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0979.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0980.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0981.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482876/100/200/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482925/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482932/100/200/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26132 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-536-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3587 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37288 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1858 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10965 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://usn.ubuntu.com/535-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00498.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00285.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00355.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-16 Configuration cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5338
NVD Published Date:
10/21/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.