THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-3845
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-3845

Windows Xp vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
5.7%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.6, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.13 and 2.x before 2.0.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via certain vectors associated with launching "a file handling program based on the file extension at the end of the URI," a variant of CVE-2007-4041. NOTE: the vendor states that "it is still possible to launch a filetype handler based on extension rather than the registered protocol handler."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Xp
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2007-08-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-3845

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Xp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-3845.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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