CVE-2007-0801
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
The nsExternalAppHandler::SetUpTempFile function in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9 creates temporary files with predictable filenames based on creation time, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted XMLHttpRequest.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 1.9% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0798)
- Published
- February 7, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0798 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24393
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24437
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-04.xml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-08.xml
- http://www.osvdb.org/32108
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459162/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459163/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22396(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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