Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-1157
CVE-2005-1157
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."
Affected products
35cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 22 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
14- secunia.com/advisories/14938nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/14992nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/14996nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- www.mikx.de/firesearching/nvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13211nvdExploitPatch
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-38.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txtnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20125nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9961nvd
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