Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 Installer information disclosure ⚔ [Disputed]

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Installer. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2004-2657. No exploit is available. The presence of this vulnerability remains uncertain at this time.

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A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

** disputed ** mozilla firefox 1.5.0.1 and possibly other versions preserves some records of user activity even after uninstalling which allows local users who share a windows profile to view the records after a new installation of firefox as reported for the list of passwords never saved web sites. note: the vendor has disputed this issue stating that "the uninstaller is primarily there to uninstall the application. it is not there to uninstall user data. for the moment i will stick by my module-owner decision."

The weakness was published 12/31/2004 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-2657 since 04/20/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Web Browser

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• Mozilla

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• Firefox

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• 1.5.0.1

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
• Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

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