CVE-2005-1157

Summary

CVECVE-2005-1157
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionFirefox 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."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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 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
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
Application Netscape Navigator 7.2 All All All
Application Netscape Navigator 7.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SCOSA-2005.49 SCO ftp.sco.com
SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 4 Released - Multiple Vulnerabilities Fixed BID www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mozilla Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Netscape Two Vulnerabilities SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Suite And Firefox Search Plug-In Remote Script Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
MFSA 2005-38: Search plugin cross-site scripting CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Firesearching - Proof-of-Concept MISC www.mikx.de Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
290037 – Search plugins can get javascript access to currently active tab CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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