CVE-2005-1157

N/A Unknown
Published: May 02, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Firefox before 1.0.3, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7, and Netscape 7.2 allows remote attackers to replace existing search plugins with malicious ones using sidebar.addSearchEngine and the same filename as the target engine, which may not be displayed in the GUI, which could then be used to execute malicious script, aka "Firesearching 2."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14938
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14992
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14996
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mikx.de/firesearching/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-38.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13211
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/14938
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14992
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14996
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mikx.de/firesearching/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-38.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13211
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290037
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20125
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

28 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
8.7%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla netscape