VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-2968
Firefox 1.0.6 and Mozilla 1.7.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL that is provided to the browser on the command line, which is sent unfiltered to bash.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 10.7%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Firefox 1.0.6 and Mozilla 1.7.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL that is provided to the browser on the command line, which is sent unfiltered to bash.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.72% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- 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/16869Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17042
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17090
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17149
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17263
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17284
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914681US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-785.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14888
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-200-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1794
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307185Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11105
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16869Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17042
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17090
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17149
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17263
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17284
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.