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CVE-2005-2706

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-09-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla before Suite 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to execute Javascript with chrome privileges via an about: page such as about:mozilla.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: through 1.0.6; 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5
• Mozilla Suite: through 1.7.11; 1.7.6, 1.7.7, 1.7.8, 1.7.10

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/16911
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16917
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16977
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17014
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17026
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17042
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17090
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17149
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17263
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17284
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19823

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