# CVE-2007-5337: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5, when running on Linux systems with gnome-vfs support, might allow remote attacker

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-10-21 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5, when running on Linux systems with gnome-vfs support, might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files on SSH/sftp servers that accept key authentication by creating a web page on the target server, in which the web page contains URIs with (1) smb: or (2) sftp: schemes that access other files from the server.

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## References

- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00285.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482876/100/200/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37287
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11443
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3587
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27414
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482925/100/0/threaded
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1858
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-14.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27360
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-34.html
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27298
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018837
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27327
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27276
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/535-1/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1401
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1392
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0980.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27383
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381146
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27356

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