CVE-2004-0648

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Published Jul 13, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 5.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Mozilla (Suite) before 1.7.1, Firefox before 0.9.2, and Thunderbird before 0.7.2 allow remote attackers to launch arbitrary programs via a URI referencing the shell: protocol.

Affected Products

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::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 5.3% (5.262% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-July/023573.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108938712815719&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12027
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-175.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927014
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/shell.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16655

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Thunderbird

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:24 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 13, 2004, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:24 AM
Reserved: Jul 9, 2004, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:06 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 6, 2004, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:06 PM

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