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CVE-2007-5947

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5947 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before version 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before version 1.1.7. The flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious scripts via a specially crafted jar: URI, due to the jar protocol handler incorrectly assigning the same origin to HTML documents within a jar archive as the inner URL. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0271 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.7.el2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.7.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:1.5.0.12-0.8.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-7.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-7.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Z StreamFixed in: firefox-0:1.5.0.12-0.8.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Z StreamFixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-7.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:1.5.0.12-7.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-7.el5
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5947Moderate

jar: protocol XSS

Feb 8, 2007

References

browser.netscape.com / releasenotes
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00004.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/27605
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27793
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27796
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27797
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27800
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27816
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27838
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27845
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27855
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27944
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27955
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27957
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27979
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28001
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28016
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28171
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28277
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28398
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29164
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200712-21.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/38356
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1984
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slackware.com / security/viewer.php
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
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sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
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usn.ubuntu.com / 546-1
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00115.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00135.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00168.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg01011.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0260
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1424
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1425
gnucitizen.org / blog/web-mayhem-firefoxs-jar-protocol-issues
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/715737
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-37.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-1082.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-1083.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-1084.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/488002/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/488971/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26385
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-546-2
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3818
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4002
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4018
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0083
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0643