CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-2262
5.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-07-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4, and Netscape 8.0.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into using the "Set As Wallpaper" (in Firefox) or "Set as Background" (in Netscape) context menu on an image URL that is really a javascript: URL with an eval statement, aka "Firewalling."
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox 1.0.3
• mozilla firefox 1.0.4
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16043 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16044 secunia.com
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml www.ciac.org
- http://www.mikx.de/firewalling/ www.mikx.de
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-47.html www.mozilla.org
- http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html www.networksecurity.fi
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html www.novell.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html www.novell.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5ZP0E0UGAK.html www.securiteam.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075 www.vupen.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100011 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11097 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16043 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16044 secunia.com
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml www.ciac.org
- http://www.mikx.de/firewalling/ www.mikx.de
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-47.html www.mozilla.org
- http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html www.networksecurity.fi
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html www.novell.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html www.novell.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5ZP0E0UGAK.html www.securiteam.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075 www.vupen.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100011 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11097 oval.cisecurity.org