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Mozilla / Firefox / Thunderbird Downloaded File Content Disclosure
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12956
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Release Date:
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2004-10-25
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Last Update:
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2005-01-31
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Mozilla 1.7.x
Mozilla Firefox 0.x
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0142 (Secunia mirror)
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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.
Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, using the Network Software Inspector.
Solution:
Update to Mozilla 1.7.5.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/
Update to Firefox 1.0.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Update to Thunderbird 0.9.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Martin
Changelog:
2004-11-09: Updated "Solution" section.
2005-01-31: Updated "Solution" section and added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://broadcast.ptraced.net/advisories/008-firefox.thunderbird.txt
Other References:
Bugzilla reference:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251297
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