CVE-2005-0401

Public Exploit

Description

FireFox 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 do not sufficiently address all attack vectors for loading chrome files and hijacking drag and drop events, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary XUL code by tricking a user into dragging a scrollbar, a variant of CVE-2005-0527, aka "Firescrolling 2."

5.1

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.85% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-336.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0296	vdb entry
http://mikx.de/firescrolling2/	exploit
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-335.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9650	vdb entry signature
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-32.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12885	exploit vdb entry patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100026	vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111168413007891&w=2	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/14654	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-0401?: CVE-2005-0401 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-0401?: To fix CVE-2005-0401, 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-2005-0401 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-0401 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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