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CVE-2005-2455 Details

Description

Greasemonkey before 0.3.5 allows remote web servers to (1) read arbitrary files via a GET request to a file:// URL in the GM_xmlhttpRequest API function, (2) list installed scripts using GM_scripts, or obtain sensitive information via (3) GM_setValue and GM_getValue.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://greaseblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/mandatory-greasemonkey-update.html	CVE	Patch
http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/changes/0.3.5.html	CVE	Patch
http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004000.html	CVE	Exploit
http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004022.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/16128	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014529	CVE	ExploitPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21453	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/18154	CVE
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5CP0P20GBK.html	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14336	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1147	CVE
http://greaseblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/mandatory-greasemonkey-update.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/changes/0.3.5.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004000.html	[email protected]	Exploit
http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004022.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/16128	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014529	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21453	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/18154	[email protected]
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5CP0P20GBK.html	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14336	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1147	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
greasemonkey greasemonkey	0.3.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:greasemonkey:greasemonkey:0.3.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 5, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]