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CVE-2005-0232
Firefox 1.0 allows remote attackers to modify Boolean configuration parameters for the about:config site by using a plugin such as Flash,…
Low2.6EPSS 2.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Firefox 1.0 allows remote attackers to modify Boolean configuration parameters for the about:config site by using a plugin such as Flash, and the -moz-opacity filter, to display the about:config site then cause the user to double-click at a certain screen position, aka "Fireflashing."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 20050207 Fireflashing [Firefox 1.0] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:323 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-27.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- mozilla-firefox-aboutconfig-modify(19266) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:384 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280664 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10967 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- GLSA-200503-30 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- GLSA-200503-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.mikx.de/fireflashing/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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