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    CVE-2004-0906

    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.

    Published:Feb 26, 2004
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 24, 2004
    EPSS Score:0.00144
    CVSS Score:4.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Mozilla
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231083
    http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235781
    http://secunia.com/advisories/12526/
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653160
    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
    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
    http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235781
    http://secunia.com/advisories/12526/
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653160
    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High