CVE-2005-0590

N/A Unknown
Published: May 02, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

The installation confirmation dialog in Firefox before 1.0.1, Thunderbird before 1.0.1, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to use InstallTrigger to spoof the hostname of the host performing the installation via a long "user:pass" sequence in the URL, which appears before the real hostname.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
Source: secalert@redhat.com
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
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-17.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268059
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100041
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10010
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-17.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268059
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100041
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10010
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.8%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla