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CVE-2005-2968: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 20-09-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2968 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 10.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
10.72%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
DSA-868-1RHSA-2005:785RHSA-2005:791

Timeline

  1. 20-09-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

10.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 10.72% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
10.72%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    Mozilla Browser/Firefox - Arbitrary Command Execution

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Mozilla2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

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