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CVE-2005-0401

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0401 describes a vulnerability in Firefox 1.0.1 and Mozilla versions prior to 1.7.6, where insufficient handling of chrome file loading and drag-and-drop events could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary XUL code. This attack, dubbed "Firescrolling 2," required tricking a user into dragging a scrollbar. With a CVSS score of 5.1, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high access complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0331 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: evolution-0:2.0.2-14
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:1.0.2-1.4.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0401Moderate

security flaw

Mar 23, 2005

References

marc.info
mikx.de / firescrolling2
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/14654
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100026
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9650
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/mfsa2005-32.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-335.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-336.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
securityfocus.com / bid/12885
ExploitPatch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/0296