security flaw
Published Sep 24, 2004
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.42%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.8
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.2.1
- 0.9.3
- 0.9.4
- 0.9.4.1
- 0.9.5
- 0.9.6
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.8
- 0.9.9
- 0.9.35
- 0.9.48
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.2
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.3
- 1.3.1
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.4
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 1.6
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.7.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00424) | 34.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00424) | 33.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.14% (0.00144) | 32.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.53% (0.01533) | 86.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00087) | 38.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 1, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00087) | 35.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00111) | 43.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00061) | 23.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231083 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235781 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12526/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653160 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-323.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11192 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0906 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617321 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17375 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0906
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11668 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0906
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.