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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…
High7.5EPSS 10.7%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.7% · top 4.2% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (22)
- DSA-868 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1824 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 14888 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 15495 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307185 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-186-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 16869 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:791 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-200-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 17042 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-866 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17284 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17149 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17263 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11105 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#914681 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:785 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-186-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:174 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 17090 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1794 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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