CVE-2005-1155

Public Exploit

Description

The favicon functionality in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a <LINK rel="icon"> tag with a javascript: URL in the href attribute, aka "Firelinking."

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 29.69% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sco.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10655 vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14992 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290036 patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100021 vdb entry signature
http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/ exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495 vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973309 us government resource third party advisory patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14938 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.html patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1155?
CVE-2005-1155 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1155?
To fix CVE-2005-1155, 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-2005-1155 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-1155 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~30% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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