CVE-2005-4809

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 and possibly other versions, including Mozilla and Thunderbird, allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the Status Bar via an A HREF tag that contains a TABLE tag that contains another A tag.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 0.8, 0.9, 0.9-rc, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3 (+5)
Mozilla: 1.7.3, 1.7.4, 1.7.5, 1.7.6
Mozilla Thunderbird: 0.6, 0.7, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.3, 0.8 (+3)

References

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=111073068631287&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14568
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013423
http://www.osvdb.org/14885
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12798
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0260
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19540
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=111073068631287&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14568
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013423
http://www.osvdb.org/14885
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12798

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