First published: Fri Dec 31 2004(Updated: )
Mozilla before 1.6 does not display the entire URL in the status bar when a link contains %00, which could allow remote attackers to trick users into clicking on unknown or untrusted sites and facilitate phishing attacks.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Mozilla Firefox | =1.4.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.35 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.48 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.2.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0-rc1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.2-alpha | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.7 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.1-beta | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0-rc2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.2.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.4.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.4-beta | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.4.4 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.2-beta | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.8 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.4 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.4 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.4-alpha | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.6 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.1-alpha | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.4.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.8 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.3.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.9 |
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CVE-2004-1451 has a moderate severity rating due to its potential to facilitate phishing attacks by misleading users.
The best way to fix CVE-2004-1451 is to upgrade to Mozilla version 1.6 or later, which addresses this vulnerability.
CVE-2004-1451 affects multiple versions of Mozilla, including 1.0 through 1.5 and several earlier versions.
CVE-2004-1451 can allow remote attackers to perform phishing attacks by obscuring the actual URL in the browser's status bar.
While you can still use older versions of Mozilla, doing so poses a security risk due to the potential for phishing attacks associated with CVE-2004-1451.