4.6
MEDIUM
CVE-2004-0906
Mozilla Firefox Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 31, 2004, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 20, 2024, 11:49 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2004-0906 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla thunderbird
2 Mozilla mozilla
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2004-0906.

URL Resource
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231083 Patch
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235781 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/12526/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653160 Third 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.html Vendor 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=231083 Patch
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235781 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/12526/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653160 Third 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.html Vendor 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

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2004-0906 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231083
    Added Reference http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235781
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/12526/
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653160
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
    Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-323.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11192
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17375
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11668
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11668 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11668 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/17375 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17375 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2004-0906 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2004-0906 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.53 }} 1.45%

score

0.86745

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability