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low 2.6

CVE-2005-2268 json

Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 does not clearly associate a Javascript dialog box with the web page that generated it, which…

published 2005-07-13 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2269

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 does not clearly associate a Javascript dialog box with the web page that generated it, which allows remote attackers to spoof a dialog box from a trusted site and facilitates phishing attacks, aka the "Dialog Origin Spoofing Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

  • devhelp RHEL 4 0.9.2-2.4.6
  • firefox RHEL 4 1.0.6-1.4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:587RHSA-2005:586

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-2268 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 devhelp 0.9.2-2.4.6, firefox 1.0.6-1.4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 devhelp 0.9.2-2.4.6, firefox 1.0.6-1.4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 devhelp 0.9.2-2.4.6, firefox 1.0.6-1.4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 devhelp 0.9.2-2.4.6, firefox 1.0.6-1.4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:587

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/15489 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_dialog_origin_vulnerability_test/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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