CVE-2005-0590

Medium

Description

The installation confirmation dialog in Firefox before 1.0.1, Thunderbird before 1.0.1, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to use InstallTrigger to spoof the hostname of the host performing the installation via a long "user:pass" sequence in the URL, which appears before the real hostname.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedMay 2, 2005
First seenMay 2, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefox0.8, 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.10, 0.10.1, 1.0—
mozilla mozilla1.3, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.5—
mozilla thunderbird0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.3, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0—

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