Authentication Bypass Affecting mozilla package, versions [,0.7][0.7,0.9.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.67% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378922
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Aug 2004
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Aug 2004

CVE-2004-0761  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 0.9.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. Mozilla before 1.7, Firefox before 0.9, and Thunderbird before 0.7, allow remote attackers to use certain redirect sequences to spoof the security lock icon that makes a web page appear to be encrypted.

CVSS Scores

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