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CVE-2005-0231
Firefox 1.0 does not invoke the Javascript Security Manager when a user drags a javascript: or data: URL to a tab, which allows remote…
Low2.6EPSS 2.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Firefox 1.0 does not invoke the Javascript Security Manager when a user drags a javascript: or data: URL to a tab, which allows remote attackers to bypass the security model, aka "firetabbing."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- SUSE-SA:2005:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280056 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10079 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20050207 Firetabbing [Firefox 1.0] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100032 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- mozilla-firefox-tab-gain-access(19264) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:384 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-200503-30 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-26.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200503-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.mikx.de/firetabbing/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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