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    CVE-2005-1155

    The favicon functionality in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a <LINK rel="icon"> tag with a javascript: URL in the href attribute, aka "Firelinking."

    Published:Apr 15, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Apr 18, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.35557
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Mozilla
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/

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    References

    ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
    http://secunia.com/advisories/14938
    http://secunia.com/advisories/14992
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973309
    http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290036
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100021
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10655
    ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
    http://secunia.com/advisories/14938
    http://secunia.com/advisories/14992
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973309
    http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290036
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100021
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10655

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High