VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-1155
The favicon functionality in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a <LINK rel="icon"> tag with a javascript: URL in the href attribute, aka "Firelinking."
HIGH 7.5EPSS 8.28%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The favicon functionality in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a <LINK rel="icon"> tag with a javascript: URL in the href attribute, aka "Firelinking."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.28% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/mozilla
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14938Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14992Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973309Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/Exploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290036Patch
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10655
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14938Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14992Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973309Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/Exploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290036Patch
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10655
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.