CVE-2007-0801

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-02-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The nsExternalAppHandler::SetUpTempFile function in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9 creates temporary files with predictable filenames based on creation time, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted XMLHttpRequest.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 1.5.0.9

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/24393
http://secunia.com/advisories/24437
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-04.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-08.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/32108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459162/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459163/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22396
http://secunia.com/advisories/24393
http://secunia.com/advisories/24437
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-04.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-08.xml

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