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A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla (Web Browser) (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component URI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:
Mozilla allows remote attackers to cause Mozilla to open a URI as a different MIME type than expected via a null character (%00) in an FTP URI.
The weakness was shared 08/18/2004 as Bug 250906 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0760. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14197 (Firefox < 0.9.3 Null Character MIME Type Spoofing Arbitrary Code Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115047 (Sun Solaris Mozilla Multiple Vulnerabilities).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16691) and Tenable (14197). The entries 744, 759, 773 and 774 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 14197
Nessus Name: Firefox < 0.9.3 Null Character MIME Type Spoofing Arbitrary Code Execution
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OpenVAS ID: 53919
OpenVAS Name: Slackware Advisory SSA:2004-223-01 Mozilla
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Timeline
07/13/2004 🔍08/02/2004 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: Bug 250906Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-0760 (🔍)
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X-Force: 16691
Vulnerability Center: 4978 - Mozilla Browser Allows MIME Type Modification, Medium
SecurityFocus: 15495 - SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 4 Released - Multiple Vulnerabilities Fixed
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Entry
Created: 12/18/2014 16:15Updated: 06/30/2021 08:57
Changes: 12/18/2014 16:15 (68), 01/31/2018 09:58 (2), 06/30/2021 08:54 (3), 06/30/2021 08:57 (1)
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