CVE-2007-3073
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 and earlier on Mac OS X and Unix...
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 and earlier on Mac OS X and Unix allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%2F (dot dot encoded slash) sequences in a resource:// URI.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.8
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 and earlier on Mac OS X and Unix allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%2F (dot dot encoded slash) sequences in a resource:// URI.
- Record
CVE-2007-3073- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 and earlier on Mac OS X and Unix allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%2F (dot dot encoded slash) sequences in a resource:// URI.
- Record
CVE-2007-3073- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-3065 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 and earlier on Mac OS X and Unix allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%2F (dot dot encoded slash) sequences in a resource:// URI.
- Record
EUVD-2007-3065- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c6fg-jhfr-pxqg No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 and earlier on Mac OS X and Unix...
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 and earlier on Mac OS X and Unix allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%2F (dot dot encoded slash) sequences in a resource:// URI.
- Record
GHSA-c6fg-jhfr-pxqg- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| aliases, references, title | GitHub Advisories | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2007-3073 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Mozilla Firefox, published June 6, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.69%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/archive/1/470500/100/0/threaded
larholm.com/2007/06/04/unpatched-input-validation-flaw-in-firefox-2004
larholm.com/2007/05/25/firefox-0day-local-file-reading
ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367428
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380994