CVE-2005-1477
The install function in Firefox 1.0.3 allows remote web sites on the browser's whitelist, such as update.mozilla.org or addon.mozilla.org,…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 15.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The install function in Firefox 1.0.3 allows remote web sites on the browser's whitelist, such as update.mozilla.org or addon.mozilla.org, to execute arbitrary Javascript with chrome privileges, leading to arbitrary code execution on the system when combined with vulnerabilities such as CVE-2005-1476, as demonstrated using a javascript: URL as the package icon and a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack on a vulnerable whitelist site.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 - Install Method Arbitrary Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 986remote, windowspublished 7 May 2005Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.2% · top 3.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
18
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=292691 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9231 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:435 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1013913 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 15292 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15495 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293302 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050508 Firefox Remote Compromise Technical Details (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 13544 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://greyhatsecurity.org/vulntests/ffrc.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-42.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- mozilla-javascript-code-execution(20443) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://greyhatsecurity.org/firefox.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:434 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0493 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- VU#648758 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20050508 Firefox Remote Compromise Leaked (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-1480 (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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