CVE-2004-0648

Mozilla (Suite) before 1.7.1, Firefox before 0.9.2, and Thunderbird before 0.7.2 allow remote attackers to launch arbitrary programs via a URI referencing the shell: protocol.

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-July/023573.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108938712815719&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12027
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-175.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927014Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/shell.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16655
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-July/023573.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108938712815719&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12027
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-175.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/927014Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/shell.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16655

Published

Aug 6, 2004

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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