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CVE-2005-2266

Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 allows a child frame to call top.focus and other...

5.0 Medium

Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 allows a child frame to call top.focus and other methods in a parent frame, even when the parent is in a different domain, which violates the same origin policy and allows remote attackers to steal sensitive information such as cookies and passwords from web sites whose child frames do not verify that they are in the same domain as their parents.

Exploit likelihood

1.83%Down 2.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 allows a child frame to call top.focus and other methods in a parent frame, even when the parent is in a different domain, which violates the same origin policy and allows remote attackers to steal sensitive information such as cookies and passwords from web sites whose child frames do not verify that they are in the same domain as their parents.

Record
CVE-2005-2266
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 allows a child frame to call top.focus and other methods in a parent frame, even when the parent is in a different domain, which violates the same origin policy and allows remote attackers to steal sensitive information such as cookies and passwords from web sites whose child frames do not verify that they are in the same domain as their parents.

Record
CVE-2005-2266
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-2267 No score

Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 allows a child frame to call top.focus and other methods in a parent frame, even when the parent is in a different domain, which violates the same origin policy and allows remote attackers to steal sensitive information such as cookies and passwords from web sites whose child frames do not verify that they are in the same domain as their parents.

Record
EUVD-2005-2267
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gp89-32gv-6hww No score

Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 allows a child frame to call top.focus and other...

Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 allows a child frame to call top.focus and other methods in a parent frame, even when the parent is in a different domain, which violates the same origin policy and allows remote attackers to steal sensitive information such as cookies and passwords from web sites whose child frames do not verify that they are in the same domain as their parents.

Record
GHSA-gp89-32gv-6hww
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mozilla-firefox
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 1.0.4-2sarge2, plus listed versions
1.0.4-21.0.4-2sarge1
1.0.4-2sarge2
mozilla-firefox
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 1.0.4-2sarge3, plus listed versions
1.0.4-21.0.4-2sarge11.0.4-2sarge2
1.0.4-2sarge3
mozilla-thunderbird
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.6, plus listed versions
1.0.2-2
1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.6
mozilla
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 2:1.7.8-1sarge2, plus listed versions
2:1.7.8-12:1.7.8-1sarge1
2:1.7.8-1sarge2
mozilla
Debian:4.0
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 2:1.7.8-1sarge2, plus listed versions
19981008-0.12:1.0.0-0.woody.12:1.7.5-12:1.7.6-12:1.7.7-12:1.7.7-22:1.7.8-12:1.7.8-1sarge1
2:1.7.8-1sarge2
mozilla-firefox
Debian:4.0
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 1.0.4-2sarge3, plus listed versions
0.10.1+1.0PR-21.0+dfsg.1-61.0.1-11.0.1-21.0.1-3
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1.0.2-11.0.2-21.0.2-31.0.3-11.0.3-21.0.4-11.0.4-21.0.4-2sarge11.0.4-2sarge2
1.0.4-2sarge3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1

History

History
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In short

CVE-2005-2266 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Mozilla Firefox, published July 13, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.83%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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