Mozilla Firefox Standalone Application Support May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1014469
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1014469
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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-2267
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Jun 24 2008
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Original Entry Date: Jul 13 2005
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory
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Version(s): prior to 1.0.5
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can execute arbitrary code via the browser.
A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will invoke an application (such as Flash Player or QuickTime
player) to execute scripting code that will open a URL in the target user's browser. A 'javascript:' URL will run in the context
of the currently open browser window (i.e., the previous content).
The application can load a 'chrome:' URL to load a 'javascript:'
URL and execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
The vendor credits Michael Krax with reporting this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can execute arbitrary code via the browser.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (1.0.5), available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-53.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Access control error, State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:52:04 -0400
Subject: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-53.html
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Mozilla issued several advisories for Firefox. The following two advisories
were assigned a 'critical' severity level.
> Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2005-53
> Title: Standalone applications can run arbitrary code through the browser
> Severity: Critical
> Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2005-56
> Title: Code execution through shared function objects
> Severity: Critical
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