CVE-2005-0231

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-02-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Firefox 1.0 does not invoke the Javascript Security Manager when a user drags a javascript: or data: URL to a tab, which allows remote attackers to bypass the security model, aka "firetabbing."

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 1.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110781134617144&w=2
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
http://www.mikx.de/firetabbing/
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-26.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_mozilla_firefox.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280056
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19264
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100032
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10079

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