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CVE-2005-2968 Details

Description

Firefox 1.0.6 and Mozilla 1.7.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL that is provided to the browser on the command line, which is sent unfiltered to bash.

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)
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt	CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307185	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16869	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17042	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17090	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17149	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17263	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17284	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11105	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914681	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174	CVE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-785.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14888	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-2	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-200-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1794	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824	CVE
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307185	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16869	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17042	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17090	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17149	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17263	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17284	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11105	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914681	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174	[email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-785.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14888	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-2	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-200-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1794	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824	[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
mozilla firefox	1.0.6
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6::linux::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla mozilla	1.7.10
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.10::linux::::: 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 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 21, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]