CVE-2004-0648
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…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 5.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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 exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Mozilla 1.7 - External Protocol Handler (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24263remote, windowspublished 8 Jul 2004Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.3% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#927014 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- O-175 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/shell.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 12027 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20040707 shell:windows command question (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20040708 Mozilla Security Advisory 2004-07-08 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- mozilla-shell-program-execution(16655) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0647 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-0648)Record last updated .