CVE-2007-4357

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-08-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the contents of the status bar via a link to a data: URI containing an encoded URL. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a reliable third party, since the intended functionality of the status bar allows it to be modified.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 2.0.0.6

References

http://my.opera.com/MichalBucko/blog/firefox-2-0-0-5-uri-encoding-allows-phishing
http://www.eleytt.com/michal.bucko/Eleytt_PhishAGoGo/bucked2.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475467/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475531/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475651/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475970/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476062/100/0/threaded
http://my.opera.com/MichalBucko/blog/firefox-2-0-0-5-uri-encoding-allows-phishing
http://www.eleytt.com/michal.bucko/Eleytt_PhishAGoGo/bucked2.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475467/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475531/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475651/100/0/threaded

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