CVE-2005-2968
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2005-2968 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2005-09-20 22:03:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC |
| 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. |
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
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2006-08-30 | Mark J Cox | Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of Mozilla and Firefox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.