CVE-2004-0905

Exp

Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 allows remote attackers to perform cross-domain scripting and possibly execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to drag and drop javascript: links to a frame or page in another domain.

Published: 2004-09-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0905 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.05%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-0905

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0905

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 6.03% 3.05% -2.98%
2 2026-05-30 5.74% 6.03% +0.29%
3 2026-05-13 — 5.74% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0905

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0905

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0905

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-0905: 1 GLSA(s) (200409-26), 7 atom(s) (mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin, …); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0905
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0905

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0905

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox 0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.2:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape navigator 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape navigator 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape navigator 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape navigator 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat fedora_core core_1.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core:core_1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:i686:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:9.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux_advanced_workstation 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux_advanced_workstation 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:itanium_processor:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:1.0:*:desktop:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0905

URL Tags
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250862 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109698896104418&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/651928 Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3 Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11177 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-261A.html Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17374
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10378
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