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CVE-2005-2706

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2706 describes a vulnerability in Firefox versions prior to 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12, allowing remote attackers to execute JavaScript with elevated chrome privileges through specially crafted about: pages. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0276 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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: firefox-0:1.0.7-1.4.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.0.7-1.4.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2706Moderate

security flaw

Sep 22, 2005

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
secunia.com / advisories/16911
secunia.com / advisories/16917
secunia.com / advisories/16977
secunia.com / advisories/17014
secunia.com / advisories/17026
secunia.com / advisories/17042
secunia.com / advisories/17090
secunia.com / advisories/17149
secunia.com / advisories/17263
secunia.com / advisories/17284
secunia.com / advisories/19823
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22378
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11317
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1443
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-838
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-866
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-868
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_58_mozilla.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
osvdb.org / 19648
redhat.com / archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00004.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-785.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-789.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html
securityfocus.com / bid/14920
securityfocus.com / bid/15495
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-200-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1824