Vulnerability CVE-2007-1116
Published: 2007-02-26   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The CheckLoadURI function in Mozilla Firefox 1.8 lists the about: URI as a ChromeProtocol and can be loaded via JavaScript, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by querying the browser's session history.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Firefox Cache Hack - Firefox History Hack redux
pdp
02.03.2007

Type:

CWE-200

 (Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Mozilla -> Firefox 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2309
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/hscan-redux/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461006/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461013/100/0/threaded
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371375
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