CVE-2004-0909

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0909
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 may allow remote attackers to trick users into performing unexpected actions, including installing software, via signed scripts that request enhanced abilities using the enablePrivilege parameter, then modify the meaning of certain security-relevant dialog messages.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.2.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.35 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.48 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.1 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.1 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.2 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.2 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.2.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.3.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc3 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'[security bulletin]SSRT4826 rev.0 Mozilla Application Suite for HP Tru64 UNIX Multiple Potential Sec' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Security Advisory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org
Secunia - Advisories - Mozilla Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, Epiphany: New releases fix vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#113192 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
253942 – enablePrivilege parameter can change the meaning of the dialog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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