Description
Mozilla allows remote attackers to cause Mozilla to open a URI as a different MIME type than expected via a null character (%00) in an FTP URI.
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 Browser 0.9/1.x Cache File - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-24276 · remote · Jul 13, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11090 vdb-entry signature
- SUSE-SA:2004:036 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2004:421 vendor-advisory
- FLSA:2089 vendor-advisory
- 15495 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1227 vdb-entry signature
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250906
- mozilla-modify-mime-type(16691) vdb-entry