CVE-2005-1532
Firefox before 1.0.4 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.8 do not properly limit privileges of Javascript eval and Script objects in the calling…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 9.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Firefox before 1.0.4 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.8 do not properly limit privileges of Javascript eval and Script objects in the calling context, which allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via "non-DOM property overrides," a variant of CVE-2005-1160.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Mozilla Suite And Firefox - DOM Property Overrides Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25670remote, multiplepublished 16 May 2005Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.5% · top 4.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-44.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:435 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 19823 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1013964 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 15495 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100014 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:601 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1013965 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 13645 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10791 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0530 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:434 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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-2005-1535 (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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