Description
The Extensions manager in Mozilla Firefox 2.0 does not properly populate the list of local extensions, which allows attackers to construct an extension that hides itself by finding its name in the list and then calling RemoveElement, as demonstrated by the FFsniFF extension. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.0 is also affected.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://azurit.elbiahosting.sk/ffsniff/ffsniff-0.2.tar.gz
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454058/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493585/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2046
Scores
EPSS
0.0104
EPSS Percentile
60.3%
Details
Status
published
Products (2)
mozilla/firefox
2.0
mozilla/firefox
3.0
Published
Dec 15, 2006
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026