PT-2005-3198 · Mozilla+2 · Firefox+3

John Dalbec · Published 2005-07-13 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2005-2269

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 1.0.5 Mozilla versions prior to 1.7.9 Netscape version 8.0.2

Description: The issue arises from improper verification of DOM node names within their namespaces, allowing remote attackers to modify certain tag properties. This could lead to the execution of arbitrary script or code, as demonstrated using an XHTML document with IMG tags that have custom properties, a technique known as "XHTML node spoofing".

Recommendations: For Firefox versions prior to 1.0.5, update to version 1.0.5 or later. For Mozilla versions prior to 1.7.9, update to version 1.7.9 or later. For Netscape version 8.0.2, consider disabling the use of custom properties in IMG tags as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2269

DSA-779-1

DSA-779-2

DSA-781-1

DSA-810-1

DTSA-14-1

DTSA-8-2

RHSA-2005:586

RHSA-2005:587

RHSA-2005:601

RHSA-2005_586

RHSA-2005_587

RHSA-2005_601

Affected Products

Firefox

Mozilla Firefox

Netscape

Red Hat

References · 61

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/mozilla_compareto.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=298892 · Exploit
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-55.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2269 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-2267.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15489 · Note
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295011 · Note