CVE-2004-0761

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

Mozilla before 1.7, Firefox before 0.9, and Thunderbird before 0.7, allow remote attackers to use certain redirect sequences to spoof the security lock icon that makes a web page appear to be encrypted.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base score: 5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.57%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 75
Score date: 10/11/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (3)

Mozilla — Firefox Mozilla — Mozilla Mozilla — Thunderbird

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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