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.
Published: 2005-05-09
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: 41.6% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mozilla Firefox
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:51:50.409Z

Reserved: 2005-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1477

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-09T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1477

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-05-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-1477 - Bugzilla

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