CVE-2007-4357
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the contents of the status...
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the contents of the status bar via a link to a data: URI containing an encoded URL. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a reliable third party, since the intended functionality of the status bar allows it to be modified.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the contents of the status bar via a link to a data: URI containing an encoded URL. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a reliable third party, since the intended functionality of the status bar allows it to be modified.
- Record
CVE-2007-4357- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the contents of the status bar via a link to a data: URI containing an encoded URL. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a reliable third party, since the intended functionality of the status bar allows it to be modified.
- Record
CVE-2007-4357- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-4340 No score
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the contents of the status bar via a link to a data: URI containing an encoded URL. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a reliable third party, since the intended functionality of the status bar allows it to be modified.
- Record
EUVD-2007-4340- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8qqj-ch4p-86p2 No score
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the contents of the status...
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the contents of the status bar via a link to a data: URI containing an encoded URL. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a reliable third party, since the intended functionality of the status bar allows it to be modified.
- Record
GHSA-8qqj-ch4p-86p2- 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-2007-4357 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Mozilla Firefox, published August 15, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.33%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/archive/1/475531/100/100/threaded
my.opera.com/MichalBucko/blog/firefox-2-0-0-5-uri-encoding-allows-phishing
eleytt.com/michal.bucko/Eleytt_PhishAGoGo/bucked2.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4357
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8qqj-ch4p-86p2