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CVE-2005-1532

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1532 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Firefox versions prior to 1.0.4 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.8. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute unauthorized activities by exploiting improper privilege limitations in JavaScript eval and Script objects, specifically through "non-DOM property overrides." With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-25670) confirms the existence of public exploit code, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

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

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-25670 · May 16, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0947 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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: firefox-0:1.0.4-1.4.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.0.6-1.4.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-1532Important

security flaw

May 18, 2005

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
secunia.com / advisories/19823
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100014
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10791
mozilla.org / security/announce/mfsa2005-44.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-434.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-435.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html
securityfocus.com / bid/13645
securityfocus.com / bid/15495
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/0530