HIGH
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%5C (dot dot encoded backslash) sequences in a resource:// URI
Published Jun 6, 2007
7.1
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.58%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..%5C (dot dot encoded backslash) sequences in a resource:// URI.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.1 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.58% 0.01578
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01578
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 74.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 72.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.76% (0.00760) | 71.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 9.52% (0.09516) | 94.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.25% (0.01253) | 86.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 17, 2024 | 0.95% (0.00951) | 83.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 9, 2024 | 0.99% (0.00991) | 83.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 2, 2024 | 0.98% (0.00985) | 83.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 24, 2024 | 1.40% (0.01402) | 85.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 1.64% (0.01641) | 86.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2023 | 2.05% (0.02049) | 87.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.90% (0.01896) | 86.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/ x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/#comment-35888 x_refsource_MISC
- http://larholm.com/2007/05/25/firefox-0day-local-file-reading/ x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://larholm.com/2007/06/04/unpatched-input-validation-flaw-in-firefox-2004/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://osvdb.org/35922 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25481 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470500/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367428 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/ | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070516/read-firefox-settings-poc/#comment-35888 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://larholm.com/2007/05/25/firefox-0day-local-file-reading/ | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://larholm.com/2007/06/04/unpatched-input-validation-flaw-in-firefox-2004/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://osvdb.org/35922 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/25481 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470500/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367428 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 6, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 5, 2007
Link CVE-2007-3072
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a