Description
Mozilla before 1.7, Firefox before 0.9, and Thunderbird before 0.7, allow remote web sites to install arbitrary extensions by using interactive events to manipulate the XPInstall Security dialog box.
References (13)
Core 13
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4403
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_sco
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-421.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16623
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162020
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10032
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/11999/
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/0264.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0198
EPSS Percentile
78.4%
Details
Status
published
Products (3)
mozilla/firefox
< 0.9
mozilla/mozilla
< 1.7
mozilla/thunderbird
< 0.7
Published
Aug 18, 2004
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026