Description
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1, and possibly other versions, preserves some records of user activity even after uninstalling, which allows local users who share a Windows profile to view the records after a new installation of Firefox, as reported for the list of Passwords Never Saved web sites. NOTE: The vendor has disputed this issue, stating that "The uninstaller is primarily there to uninstall the application. It is not there to uninstall user data. For the moment I will stick by my module-owner decision.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431063/100/0/threaded
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330884
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431021/100/0/threaded
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234680
Scores
EPSS
0.0027
EPSS Percentile
18.7%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox
1.5.0.1
Published
Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026