Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
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.
EPSS: 0.107 (95.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 1.0.6
- Mozilla — versions 1.7.10
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-2968?
- CVE-2005-2968 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. Published 2005-09-20.
- Is CVE-2005-2968 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.