CVE•Published 2007-07-27•Modified 2026-04-23•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2007-4039Mozilla · Mozilla
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Argument injection vulnerability involving Mozilla, when certain URIs are registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an unspecified URI, which are inserted into the command line when invoking the handling process, a similar issue to CVE-2007-3670.
Timeline
Published 2007-07-27
Modified 2026-04-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2007-4039Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Mozilla Mozilla"All exposed Mozilla Mozilla instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Mozilla"HTTP body or banner mentions "Mozilla" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2007-4039Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2007-4039Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2007-4039Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2007-4039GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2007-4039" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2007-4039 on GitHub.