CVE-2005-2968

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2968
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-20 22:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFirefox 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.

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: NVD-CWE-Other | 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 1.0.6 All linux All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.10 All linux All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
usn/usn-200-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Secunia - Advisories - Firefox Command Line URL Shell Command Injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-868-1 mozilla-thunderbird af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
usn/usn-186-2 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for mozilla-thunderbird af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mozilla Browser/Firefox Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
usn/usn-186-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 4 Released - Multiple Vulnerabilities Fixed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
307185 – URLs passed on the command line are parsed by the shell (bash). af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for mozilla-thunderbird af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for thunderbird af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#914681 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-866-1 mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
MFSA 2005-58 Firefox 1.0.7 / Mozilla Suite 1.7.12 Vulnerability Fixes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for thunderbird af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-30Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of Mozilla and Firefox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

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