Is CVE-2007-1562 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-1562 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-1562?

CVE-2007-1562 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-1562

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 14.3%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
EPSS score: 14.3% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-1556)
Published: March 21, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1556 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
mozilla / firefox

References

http://bindshell.net/papers/ftppasv/ftp-client-pasv-manipulation.pdf(Broken Link)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25476(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25490(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25858(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-11.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_36_mozilla.html(Broken Link)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/09/1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0400.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0402.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463501/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470172/100/200/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23082(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017800(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-443-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1034(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370559(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33119(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1157(Broken Link)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1424(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11431(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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