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CVE-2005-1157

Firefox before 1.0.3, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7, and Netscape 7.2 allows remote attackers to replace existing search pl

Firefox before 1.0.3, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7, and Netscape 7.2 allows remote attackers to replace existing search plugins with malicious ones using sidebar.addSearchEngine and the same filename as the target engine, which may not be displayed in the GUI, which could then be used to execute malicious script, aka "Firesearching 2.".

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.08734
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  • EPSS percentile: top 7% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

3
mozilla firefoxall versions
mozillaall versions
netscape navigatorall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
pocwww.mikx.de · firesearchingwww.mikx.de
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 13211www.securityfocus.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD02 May 2005 · 04:00 AM
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Vendor Advisories

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usnUSN-149-3
usnUSN-124-1
rhsaRHSA-2005:386Important
rhsaRHSA-2005:383Important
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/14938PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14992PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14996PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-38.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
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