CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-2227

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2004-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 1.0 truncates long filenames in the file download dialog box, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick users into downloading files with dangerous extensions.

Affected configurations

• mozilla firefox 0.8 • mozilla firefox 0.9 • mozilla firefox 0.9.1 • mozilla firefox 0.9.2 • mozilla firefox 0.9.3 • mozilla firefox 0.10 • mozilla firefox 0.10.1

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-221 Information Loss or Omission weakness
  • CWE-451 User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information weakness

References