Description
Cross-zone vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9 considers blocked popups to have an internal zone origin, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cross zone restrictions and read arbitrary file:// URIs by convincing a user to show a blocked popup.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 5 | devhelp +1 | 0.12-10.0.1.el5 | RHSA-2007:0097 |
| RHEL 5 | firefox | 1.5.0.10-2.el5 | RHSA-2007:0097 |
| RHEL 5 | thunderbird | 1.5.0.10-1.el5 | RHSA-2007:0108 |
| RHEL 5 | yelp | 2.16.0-14.0.1.el5 | RHSA-2007:0097 |
| RHEL 4 | devhelp +1 | 0.10-0.7.el4 | RHSA-2007:0077 |
| RHEL 4 | firefox +1 | 1.5.0.10-0.1.el4 | RHSA-2007:0079, RHSA-2007:0078 |
| RHEL 4 | seamonkey +5 | 1.0.8-0.2.el4 | RHSA-2007:0077 |
| RHEL 3 | seamonkey +9 | 1.0.8-0.2.el3 | RHSA-2007:0077 |
| RHEL 2 | seamonkey +9 | 1.0.8-0.2.el2 | RHSA-2007:0077 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 92.0-1.2 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | firefox-esr | 128.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 |
Advisories 7
- RHSA-2007:0097 Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2007:0078 Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2007:0079 Red Hat Security Advisory: Firefox security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2007:0077 Red Hat Security Advisory: seamonkey security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1 MozillaFirefox-92.0-1.2 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- RHSA-2007:0108 Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Nov 22, 2025
References
- RHSA-2007:0078 vendor-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-05.html
- firefox-popup-security-bypass(32194) vdb-entry
- 24395 third-party-advisory
- 20070226 rPSA-2007-0040-1 firefox mailing-list
- 24328 third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2007:0108 vendor-advisory
- GLSA-200703-04 vendor-advisory
- 22396 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10654 vdb-entry signature
- GLSA-200703-08 vendor-advisory
- 24384 third-party-advisory
- 24457 third-party-advisory
- 24343 third-party-advisory
- HPSBUX02153 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2007-0718 vdb-entry
- 24650 third-party-advisory
- USN-428-1 vendor-advisory
- 24320 third-party-advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103
- SUSE-SA:2007:019 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-0083 vdb-entry
- 20070303 rPSA-2007-0040-3 firefox thunderbird mailing-list
- SUSE-SA:2007:022 vendor-advisory
- 24293 third-party-advisory
- 24238 third-party-advisory
- 24393 third-party-advisory
- 24342 third-party-advisory
- 24287 third-party-advisory
- 20070205 Re: Firefox + popup blocker + XMLHttpRequest + srand() = oops mailing-list
- 22694 vdb-entry
- 32108 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2007-281 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2007:0097 vendor-advisory
- 1017702 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2007-293 vendor-advisory
- 24205 third-party-advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1081
- 24333 third-party-advisory
- MDKSA-2007:050 vendor-advisory
- 24290 third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2007:0077 vendor-advisory
- SSA:2007-066-05 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2007:0079 vendor-advisory
- 20070205 Re: [Full-disclosure] Firefox + popup blocker + XMLHttpRequest + srand() = oops mailing-list
- 20070205 Firefox + popup blocker + XMLHttpRequest + srand() = oops mailing-list
- 20070205 Firefox + popup blocker + XMLHttpRequest + srand() = oops mailing-list
- 24437 third-party-advisory