CVE-2007-1116 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.8. The CheckLoadURI function incorrectly classified the "about:" URI as a ChromeProtocol, allowing it to be loaded via JavaScript. This flaw enabled remote attackers to access sensitive browser session history. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only impacting confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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