CVE-2005-2395
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 does not choose the challenge with the strongest authentication scheme available as required by RFC2617, which might cause credentials to be sent in plaintext even if an encrypted channel is available.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 does not choose the challenge with the strongest authentication scheme available as required by RFC2617, which might cause credentials to be sent in plaintext even if an encrypted channel is available.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.38% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8
- http://www.osvdb.org/19002
- http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5PP0L00GUQ.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/405666Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14325
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281851
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22272
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8
- http://www.osvdb.org/19002
- http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5PP0L00GUQ.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/405666Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14325
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281851
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22272
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.