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Mozilla / Firefox / Thunderbird Downloaded File Content Disclosure
Secunia Advisory: SA12956
Release Date: 2004-10-25
Last Update: 2005-01-31
Popularity: 19,416 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Mozilla 1.7.x
Mozilla Firefox 0.x
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Martin has reported a vulnerability in Mozilla, Firefox, and Thunderbird, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to improper permissions on downloaded files opened in external applications. This can be exploited to read other users' files, which are currently opened through the download dialog box in external applications.

The vulnerability reportedly affects the following Linux builds:
* Mozilla 1.7 through 1.7.3.
* Firefox 0.9 through 1.0PR.
* Thunderbird 0.6 through 0.8.

Change Page:
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