Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 13, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2268
CVE-2005-2268
Description
Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 does not clearly associate a Javascript dialog box with the web page that generated it, which allows remote attackers to spoof a dialog box from a trusted site and facilitates phishing attacks, aka the "Dialog Origin Spoofing Vulnerability."
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Affected products
40cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 25 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.7.9
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
15- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-54.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/15489nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/multiple_browsers_dialog_origin_vulnerability_test/nvdExploit
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810nvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.htmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100005nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10517nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1268nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1313nvd
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