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CVE-2005-1157

Firefox before 1.0.3, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7, and Netscape 7.2 allows remote attackers to...

7.5 High

CVE-2005-1157 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Mozilla Firefox, published April 18, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.46%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
2.46%EPSS, 84th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

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."

Exploit likelihood

2.46%Down 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.0.3-1.4.1
0:1.0.3-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.0.3-1.4.1
0:1.0.3-1.4.1
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.0.3-1.4.1
0:1.0.3-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.0.3-1.4.1
0:1.0.3-1.4.1
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.0.3-1.4.1
0:1.0.3-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.0.3-1.4.1
0:1.0.3-1.4.1
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.0.3-1.4.1
0:1.0.3-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0:1.0.3-1.4.1
0:1.0.3-1.4.1
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:0.9.2-2.4.4
0:0.9.2-2.4.4
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:0.9.2-2.4.4
0:0.9.2-2.4.4
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:0.9.2-2.4.4
0:0.9.2-2.4.4
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:0.9.2-2.4.4
0:0.9.2-2.4.4
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:0.9.2-2.4.4
0:0.9.2-2.4.4
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:0.9.2-2.4.4
0:0.9.2-2.4.4
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:0.9.2-2.4.4
0:0.9.2-2.4.4
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:0.9.2-2.4.4
0:0.9.2-2.4.4
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:0.9.2-2.4.4
0:0.9.2-2.4.4
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:0.9.2-2.4.4
0:0.9.2-2.4.4
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:0.9.2-2.4.4
0:0.9.2-2.4.4
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:0.9.2-2.4.4
0:0.9.2-2.4.4

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.5

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."

Record
CVE-2005-1157
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

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."

Record
CVE-2005-1157
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-1160No score

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."

Record
EUVD-2005-1160
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8hfq-wv6x-73v6No score

Firefox before 1.0.3, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7, and Netscape 7.2 allows remote attackers to...

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."

Record
GHSA-8hfq-wv6x-73v6
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

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