CVE-2007-1562
MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctlDescription
The FTP protocol implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.11 and 2.x before 2.0.0.3 allows remote attackers to force the client to connect to other servers, perform a proxied port scan, or obtain sensitive information by specifying an alternate server address in an FTP PASV response.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://bindshell.net/papers/ftppasv/ftp-client-pasv-manipulation.pdf
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25476
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25490
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25858
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-11.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_36_mozilla.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/09/1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0400.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0402.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463501/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470172/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23082
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017800
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-443-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1034
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370559
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33119
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1157
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1424
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11431
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