NVD - CVE-2005-2261

CVE-2005-2261 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

Firefox before 1.0.5, Thunderbird before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, Netscape 8.0.2, and K-Meleon 0.9 runs XBL scripts even when Javascript has been disabled, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass such protection.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 07/13/2005

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-46.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=292589	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=292591	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100012
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10947
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1348
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A808

References to Check Content

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100012
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100012

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10947
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10947

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1348
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1348

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:808
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:808

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Other (NVD-CWE-Other)

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Change History

2 change records found - show changes

CVE Modified by MITRE - 10/10/2017 9:30:14 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100012 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10947 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1348 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A808 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100012 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1348 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:808 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10947 [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2261
NVD Published Date:
07/13/2005
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2017

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