CVE-2005-0584

N/A Unknown

Published: May 02, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6, when displaying the HTTP Authentication dialog, do not change the focus to the tab that generated the prompt, which could facilitate spoofing and phishing attacks.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-24.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=277574

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100034

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11191

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml