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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-0904 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:31:48.049Z

Reserved: 2004-09-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0906

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-0906

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2004-02-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-0906 - Bugzilla

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