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GHSA-QGJC-6844-XQV9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-29 03:01 – Updated: 2022-04-29 03:01

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** DISPUTED ** Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1, and possibly other versions, preserves some records of user activity even after uninstalling, which allows local users who share a Windows profile to view the records after a new installation of Firefox, as reported for the list of Passwords Never Saved web sites. NOTE: The vendor has disputed this issue, stating that "The uninstaller is primarily there to uninstall the application. It is not there to uninstall user data. For the moment I will stick by my module-owner decision."

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CVE-2004-2657 (GCVE-0-2004-2657)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-04-20 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:36 Disputed

Summary

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1, and possibly other versions, preserves some records of user activity even after uninstalling, which allows local users who share a Windows profile to view the records after a new installation of Firefox, as reported for the list of Passwords Never Saved web sites. NOTE: The vendor has disputed this issue, stating that "The uninstaller is primarily there to uninstall the application. It is not there to uninstall user data. For the moment I will stick by my module-owner decision.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

4 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431063/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330884	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431021/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234680	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2004-02-17 00:00

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GHSA-QGJC-6844-XQV9

CVE-2004-2657 (GCVE-0-2004-2657)

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