CVE-2004-2657

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Published Apr 20, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 1.7 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
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Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.275% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431021/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431063/100/0/threaded
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234680
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330884

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:36 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 20, 2006, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:36 AM
Reserved: Apr 20, 2006, 12:00 AM

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

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2004, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:10 PM

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