CVE-2005-1155

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-1155
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.6 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.6 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc3 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Suite And Firefox Favicon Link Tag Remote Script Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 4 Released - Multiple Vulnerabilities Fixed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
290036 – Link tag allows to execute arbitrary code without user interaction af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Patch
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#973309 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Firelinking - Proof-of-Concept af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mikx.de Exploit
Secunia - Advisories - Mozilla Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
MFSA 2005-37: Code execution through javascript: favicons af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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