Mozilla up to 1.7.3 Tab privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla up to 1.7.3. This affects an unknown part of the component Tab Handler. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2004-1381. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla up to 1.7.3 (Web Browser). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Tab Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Firefox before 1.0 and Mozilla before 1.7.5 allow inactive (background) tabs to focus on input being entered in the active tab, as originally reported using form fields, which allows remote attackers to steal sensitive data that is intended for other sites, which could facilitate phishing attacks.

The weakness was disclosed 10/20/2004 as MFSA2005-05 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-1381. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17626 (RHEL 4 : mozilla (RHSA-2005:335)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17789), Exploit-DB (589), Tenable (17626), SecurityFocus (BID 11474†) and Secunia (SA12966†). The entries VDB-921 and VDB-917 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 17626
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 : mozilla (RHSA-2005:335)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: MFSA2005-05
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-1381 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1381
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22332

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X-Force: 17789
SecurityFocus: 11474
Secunia: 12966
Vulnerability Center: 8847 - Information Disclosure in Mozilla < 1.7.5, Firefox < 1.0 of Input Given To Sites on Other Tabs, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:21
Updated: 09/27/2025 01:32
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:21 (62), 01/31/2018 09:55 (1), 06/30/2021 11:36 (3), 06/30/2021 11:43 (2), 06/30/2021 11:50 (1), 09/27/2025 01:32 (25)
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