7.5
HIGH
CVE-2005-2968
Firefox: Unfiltered Command Injection Vulnerability in URL Handling
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 20, 2005, 10:03 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, midnight

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-2968 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla mozilla
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2005-2968.

URL Resource
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/16869 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17042
http://secunia.com/advisories/17090
http://secunia.com/advisories/17149
http://secunia.com/advisories/17263
http://secunia.com/advisories/17284
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914681 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-785.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14888
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-200-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1794
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307185 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11105
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/16869 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17042
http://secunia.com/advisories/17090
http://secunia.com/advisories/17149
http://secunia.com/advisories/17263
http://secunia.com/advisories/17284
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914681 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-785.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14888
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-200-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1794
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307185 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11105

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-2968 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-2968 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11105 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11105 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 21, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-2968 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-2968 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

96.16 }} 0.25%

score

0.99385

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability