CVE-2004-2228 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 1.0 is installed with world-writable permissions on Mac OS X, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Published: 2005-07-17

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2220	Mozilla Firefox before 1.0 is installed with world-writable permissions on Mac OS X, which allows local users to gain privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00048.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/13144
http://secunia.com/advisories/13724
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-03.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/11592
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11644
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18017

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-07-17T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:22:12.387Z

Reserved: 2005-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2228

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2228

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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