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CVE-2005-2968

Published: Sep 20, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2968
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Firefox 1.0.6 and Mozilla 1.7.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL that is provided to the browser on the command line, which is sent unfiltered to bash.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla1.0.6 (including)1.0.6 (including)
MozillaMozilla1.7.10 (including)1.7.10 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatfirefox-0:1.0.7-1.4.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatthunderbird-0:1.0.7-1.4.1*
FirefoxUbuntudapper*
FirefoxUbuntudevel*
FirefoxUbuntuedgy*
FirefoxUbuntufeisty*
MozillaUbuntudapper*
MozillaUbuntuedgy*

References

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