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CVE-2005-1157: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 18-04-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1157 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
RHSA-2005:383RHSA-2005:386

Timeline

  1. 18-04-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Firefox before 1.0.3, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7, and Netscape 7.2 allows remote attackers to replace existing search plugins with malicious ones using sidebar.addSearchEngine and the same filename as the target engine, which may not be displayed in the GUI, which could then be used to execute malicious script, aka "Firesearching 2."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.46% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (mikx.de)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Mozilla2 products
  • firefox0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9:rc | 0.9.1 | 0.9.2 | 0.9.3 | 0.10 | 0.10.1 | 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2
  • mozilla1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4:alpha | 1.4.1 | 1.5 | 1.5:alpha | 1.5:rc1 | 1.5:rc2 | 1.5.1 | 1.6 | 1.6:alpha | 1.6:beta | 1.7 | 1.7:alpha | 1.7:beta | 1.7:rc1 | 1.7:rc2 | 1.7:rc3 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.3 | 1.7.5 | 1.7.6
Netscape1 product

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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