CVE-2005-0591

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Firefox before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the (1) security and (2) download modal dialog boxes, which could be used to trick users into executing script or downloading and executing a file, aka "Firespoofing."

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 0.8, 0.9, 0.9-rc, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3 (+3)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547286002188&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13786
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/firespoofing/
http://www.mikx.de/index.php?p=7
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-16.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12234
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260560
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18864

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