PT-2005-2173 · Mozilla+2 · Suite+3

Michael Krax · Published 2005-04-18 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2005-1157

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 1.0.3 Mozilla Suite versions prior to 1.7.7 Netscape 7.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to replace existing search plugins with malicious ones, potentially leading to the execution of malicious scripts. This is achieved by using the sidebar.addSearchEngine functionality with the same filename as the target engine, which may not be visible in the GUI.

Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 1.0.3, update to version 1.0.3 or later. For Mozilla Suite versions prior to 1.7.7, update to version 1.7.7 or later. For Netscape 7.2, consider disabling the search plugin functionality until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1157

RHSA-2005:383

RHSA-2005:386

RHSA-2005_383

RHSA-2005_384

RHSA-2005_386

Affected Products

Firefox

Suite

Netscape

Red Hat

References · 65

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/13211 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://mikx.de/firesearching · Exploit
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290037 · Patch
• ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14992 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14996 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-38.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14938 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1157 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-0146.html · Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-0527.html · Note