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CVE-2007-4042

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0140%

EPSS Percentile32.51th

PublishedJul 27, 2007

Last ModifiedApr 23, 2026

Vulnerability Description

Multiple argument injection vulnerabilities in Netscape Navigator 9 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a NULL byte (%00) and shell metacharacters in a (1) mailto, (2) nntp, (3) news, (4) snews, or (5) telnet URI, a similar issue to CVE-2007-3670.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Microsoft

Internet Explorer

= 7

📦

Netscape

Navigator

= 9.0

References & Advisories

🔗 http://osvdb.org/46832

🔗 http://xs-sniper.com/blog/remote-command-exec-firefox-2005/

🔗 http://osvdb.org/46832

🔗 http://xs-sniper.com/blog/remote-command-exec-firefox-2005/

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