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CVE-2005-0590

The installation confirmation dialog in Firefox before 1.0.1, Thunderbird before 1.0.1, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to…

Published 21 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.7%
percentile 77%
Public exploits
0
none known

The installation confirmation dialog in Firefox before 1.0.1, Thunderbird before 1.0.1, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to use InstallTrigger to spoof the hostname of the host performing the installation via a long "user:pass" sequence in the URL, which appears before the real hostname.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.67% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/12659 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/19823 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/announce/mfsa2005-17.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100041 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=268059 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10010 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • gentoo.org /security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • gentoo.org /security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • novell.com /linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred

Sources

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