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CVE-2004-0762

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0762 describes a vulnerability in Mozilla before 1.7, Firefox before 0.9, and Thunderbird before 0.7, allowing remote websites to install arbitrary extensions by manipulating the XPInstall Security dialog box through interactive events. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and potential impact limited to partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0198 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0762Important

security flaw

Jul 1, 2004

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/0264.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
PatchVendor Advisory
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/11999
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16623
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10032
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4403
mozilla.org / projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-421.html
securityfocus.com / bid/15495
squarefree.com / 2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs