Description
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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Mozilla 1.7 - External Protocol Handler EDB-24263 · remote · Jul 8, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
- VU#927014 third-party-advisory
- O-175 third-party-advisory government-resource
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/shell.html
- 12027 third-party-advisory
- 20040707 shell:windows command question mailing-list
- 20040708 Mozilla Security Advisory 2004-07-08 mailing-list
- mozilla-shell-program-execution(16655) vdb-entry