Description
The XPInstall installer in Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 sets insecure permissions for certain installed files within xpi packages, which could allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code.
References
- RHSA-2005:323 vendor-advisory
- mozilla-insecure-file-permissions(17375) vdb-entry
- 11192 vdb-entry
- SUSE-SA:2004:036 vendor-advisory
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231083
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11668 vdb-entry signature
- VU#653160 third-party-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
- GLSA-200409-26 vendor-advisory
- 12526 third-party-advisory
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235781