CVE-2005-2262

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 - 'Set As Wallpaper' Code Execution

Severity Score

9.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4, and Netscape 8.0.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into using the "Set As Wallpaper" (in Firefox) or "Set as Background" (in Netscape) context menu on an image URL that is really a javascript: URL with an eval statement, aka "Firewalling."

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-07-13 CVE Reserved
2005-07-13 CVE Published
2005-07-13 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-01-18 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (17)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/16043	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16044	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml	Government Resource
http://www.mikx.de/firewalling	X_refsource_misc
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-47.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5ZP0E0UGAK.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100011	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11097	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1102	2005-07-13

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html	2017-10-11
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html	2017-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2262	2005-07-21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617696	2005-07-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				1.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "1.0.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				1.0.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "1.0.4"		-		Affected