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CVE-2004-1381

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1381 describes a vulnerability in Firefox before 1.0 and Mozilla before 1.7.5 where inactive background tabs could capture input intended for the active tab. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), allowed remote attackers to steal sensitive data, potentially facilitating phishing attacks. While no active exploitation is confirmed, a proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
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
6.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-589 · Oct 22, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0688 is in the 91st 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

References

secunia.com / advisories/12712
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / multiple_browsers_dialog_box_spoofing_test
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / multiple_browsers_form_field_focus_test
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17789
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100053
mozilla.org / security/announce/mfsa2005-05.html
PatchVendor Advisory