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CVE-2004-0909

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2004-09-30	mozilla -- scripting vulnerabilities

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CVE-2004-0909 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2004-0909
Phase	Assigned(20040923)

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.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
CONFIRM	http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253942
GENTOO	GLSA-200409-26
HP	SSRT4826
SUSE	SUSE-SA:2004:036
CERT-VN	VU#113192
SECUNIA	12526
XF	mozilla-enableprivilege-modify-dialog(17377)