CVE-2004-0906

N/A Unknown
Published: December 31, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231083
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235781
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/12526/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653160
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-323.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11192
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17375
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11668
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231083
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235781
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/12526/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653160
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-323.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11192
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17375
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11668
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
35th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla