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
Published Sep 24, 2004
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.71%
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.
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
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:N/AC:H/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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.71% (0.01709) | 76.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.71% (0.01709) | 74.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.05% (0.06051) | 90.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.15% (0.04155) | 92.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 1, 2024 | 1.89% (0.01889) | 88.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.72% (0.03715) | 90.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253942 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109698896104418&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- 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/113192 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
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17377 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253942 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109698896104418&w=2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| 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/113192 | 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 | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17377 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.