CVE-2005-0230

Public Exploit

Description

Firefox 1.0 does not prevent the user from dragging an executable file to the desktop when it has an image/gif content type but has a dangerous extension such as .bat or .exe, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended restriction and execute arbitrary commands via malformed GIF files that can still be parsed by the Windows batch file parser, aka "firedragging."

5.1

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.21% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-25.html	patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100033	signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823	third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780995232064&w=2	mailing list
http://www.mikx.de/firedragging/	exploit
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=279945	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml	patch vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml	patch vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12468	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-0230?: CVE-2005-0230 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-0230?: To fix CVE-2005-0230, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-0230 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-0230 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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