CVE-2004-2225

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-2225
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 0.10.1 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files in the download directory via a crafted data: URI that is not properly handled when the user clicks the Save button.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox preview_release All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Mozilla Firefox Download Directory File Deletion Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
259708 – Trying to save file from data: protocol wipes every file in target directory not marked read-only af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Firefox DATA URI File Deletion Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories (archived) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mozilla Firefox Input Validation Error Lets Remote Users Delete Download Directory Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
www.osvdb.org/10478 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Patch
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