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CVE-2004-0909
Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 may allow remote attackers to trick users…
Medium5.1EPSS 1.7%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253942 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2004:036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- VU#113192 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200409-26 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- mozilla-enableprivilege-modify-dialog(17377) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SSRT4826 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 12526 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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