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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2005-2968 Detail

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.


Metrics

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

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/30/2006)

Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of Mozilla and Firefox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/16869 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/16869 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17042
http://secunia.com/advisories/17042
http://secunia.com/advisories/17090
http://secunia.com/advisories/17090
http://secunia.com/advisories/17149
http://secunia.com/advisories/17149
http://secunia.com/advisories/17263
http://secunia.com/advisories/17263
http://secunia.com/advisories/17284
http://secunia.com/advisories/17284
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914681 US Government Resource 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914681 US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-785.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-785.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14888
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14888
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-200-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-200-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1794
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1794
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307185 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307185 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11105
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11105

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-Other Other cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.10:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2968
NVD Published Date:
09/20/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.