CVE-2005-1157
Firefox before 1.0.3, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7, and Netscape 7.2 allows remote attackers to replace existing search plugins with malicious ones using sidebar.addSearchEngine and the same filename as the target engine, which may not be displayed in the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Firefox before 1.0.3, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7, and Netscape 7.2 allows remote attackers to replace existing search plugins with malicious ones using sidebar.addSearchEngine and the same filename as the target engine, which may not be displayed in the GUI, which could then be used to execute malicious script, aka "Firesearching 2."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.46% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/mozilla · netscape/navigator
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/14996Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mikx.de/firesearching/Exploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-38.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/13211Exploit, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290037Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20125
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9961
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/14996Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mikx.de/firesearching/Exploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-38.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/13211Exploit, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290037Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20125
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9961
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.