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CVE-2007-4042

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple argument injection vulnerabilities in Netscape Navigator 9 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a NULL byte (%00) and shell metacharacters in a (1) mailto, (2) nntp, (3) news, (4) snews, or (5) telnet URI, a similar issue to CVE-2007-3670.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 7
• Netscape Navigator: 9.0

References

• http://osvdb.org/46832
• http://xs-sniper.com/blog/remote-command-exec-firefox-2005/
• http://osvdb.org/46832
• http://xs-sniper.com/blog/remote-command-exec-firefox-2005/

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