CVE-2004-0906

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.6
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla
PublishedDec 31, 2004
First seenDec 31, 2004

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla mozilla0.8, 0.9.2, 0.9.2.1, 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.4.1, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.7, 0.9.8, 0.9.9, 0.9.35, 0.9.48, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.4, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.7.2—
mozilla thunderbird0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.3—

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