11591 : Mozilla Firefox File Download Truncation Extension Spoofing
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
7	1063	over 8 years ago	about 5 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
2004-02-15

Description

Firefox contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to spoof file extensions in the file download dialog. The issue is due to the truncation of long filenames. It is possible that the flaw may allow an attacker spoof the file extension resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Attack Type Unknown
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.0 Preview Release or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Mozilla Organization

Firefox

0.x

References

Related OSVDB ID: 11590 11592
Secunia Advisory ID: 13144 13724
CVE ID: 2004-2227 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 982
Other Advisory URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-03.xml
Vendor URL: http://www.mozilla.org/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234416

Credit

Wolfgang Schwarz -
Gabriel Cabillón -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-07-21 | Disagree?

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