CVE-2004-2228

CVE-2004-2228 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 1.0 on Mac OS X. The flaw arises from world-writable permissions, enabling local users to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a high severity CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.