VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-0906
The XPInstall installer in Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 sets insecure permissions for certain installed files within xpi packages, which could allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files…
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The XPInstall installer in Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 sets insecure permissions for certain installed files within xpi packages, which could allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/mozilla · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231083Patch
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235781Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12526/
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653160Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-323.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11192
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17375
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11668
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231083Patch
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235781Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12526/
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653160Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-323.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11192
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17375
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11668
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.