CVE-2004-0909

N/A Unknown
Published: December 31, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 may allow remote attackers to trick users into performing unexpected actions, including installing software, via signed scripts that request enhanced abilities using the enablePrivilege parameter, then modify the meaning of certain security-relevant dialog messages.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253942
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109698896104418&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/12526
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/113192
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17377
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253942
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109698896104418&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/12526
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/113192
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17377
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
6.6%
91th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla