NVD

CVE-2005-2270 Detail

Deferred

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Description

Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 does not properly clone base objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by navigating the prototype chain to reach a privileged object.

Metrics

NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.

CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH

Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/16043
http://secunia.com/advisories/16043
http://secunia.com/advisories/16059
http://secunia.com/advisories/16059
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014470
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014470
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/652366	US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/652366	US Government Resource
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-56.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-56.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.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/2005_45_mozilla.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.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-2005-586.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294795	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294795	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294799	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294799	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295011	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295011	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=296397	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=296397	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100003
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100003
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11751
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11751
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A550
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A550
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A817
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A817

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Other	NIST

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:::::: Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.3:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:alpha:::::: Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4.1:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:alpha:::::: Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:rc1:::::: Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:rc2:::::: Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5.1:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:alpha:::::: Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:beta:::::: Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:alpha:::::: Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:beta:::::: Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc1:::::: Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc2:::::: Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc3:::::: Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.1:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.2:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.3:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.5:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.6:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.7:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.8:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)

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Change History

4 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 6:59:10 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/16043
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/16059
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
Added	Reference	http://securitytracker.com/id?1014470
Added	Reference	http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810
Added	Reference	http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/652366
Added	Reference	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-56.html
Added	Reference	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
Added	Reference	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html
Added	Reference	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294795
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294799
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295011
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=296397
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100003
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11751
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A550
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A817

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/10/2017 9:30:15 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100003 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11751 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A550 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A817 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100003 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11751 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:550 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:817 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2270
NVD Published Date:
07/13/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2005-2270 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 6:59:10 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 9:30:52 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/10/2017 9:30:15 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 7/13/2005 9:36:00 PM

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