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CVE-2004-0906

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2004-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Mozilla MozillaMozilla Thunderbird

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References