CVE-2004-0906

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Mozilla

First reported 20 years ago

2004-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.8

0.8

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.2

0.9.2

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.2.1

0.9.2.1

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.3

0.9.3

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.4

0.9.4

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.4.1

0.9.4.1

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.5

0.9.5

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.6

0.9.6

Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.7

0.9.7

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.8

0.9.8

Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.9

0.9.9

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.35

0.9.35

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.48

0.9.48

Mozilla Mozilla 1.0

1.0

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.0.1

1.0.1

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.0.2

1.0.2

Mozilla Mozilla 1.1

1.1

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.1 Alpha

1.1

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.1 Beta

1.1

Mozilla Mozilla 1.2

1.2

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.2 Alpha

1.2

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.2 Beta

1.2

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.2.1

1.2.1

Mozilla Mozilla 1.3

1.3

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.3.1

1.3.1

Mozilla Mozilla 1.4

1.4

Mozilla Mozilla 1.4a

1.4

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.4b

1.4

Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.1

1.4.1

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.4.2

1.4.2

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.4.4

1.4.4

Mozilla Mozilla 1.5

1.5

Mozilla Mozilla 1.5.1

1.5.1

Mozilla Mozilla 1.6

1.6

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7

1.7

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 alpha

1.7

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 beta

1.7

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc1

1.7

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc2

1.7

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc3

1.7

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.1

1.7.1

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.2

1.7.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.1

0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2

0.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3

0.3

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4

0.4

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5

0.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6

0.6

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7

0.7

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1

0.7.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2

0.7.2

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3

0.7.3

References

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231083

Patch

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235781

Patch

12526

GLSA-200409-26

VU#653160

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3

SUSE-SA:2004:036

Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2005:323

11192

mozilla-insecure-file-permissions(17375)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11668

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