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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.107 (95.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.107 · newest: 0.107 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 1.0.6
- Mozilla — versions 1.7.10
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868 (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14888 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-2 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/16869 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-200-1 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17042 (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.