MEDIUM
Firefox 1.0 does not prevent the user from dragging an executable file to the desktop when it has an image/gif content type but has a dangerous extension such as .bat or .exe, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended restriction and execute arbitrary commands via malformed GIF files that can still be parsed by the Windows batch file parser, aka "firedragging."
Published Feb 10, 2005
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.26%
Description
Firefox 1.0 does not prevent the user from dragging an executable file to the desktop when it has an image/gif content type but has a dangerous extension such as .bat or .exe, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended restriction and execute arbitrary commands via malformed GIF files that can still be parsed by the Windows batch file parser, aka "firedragging."
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.1 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.26% 0.03256
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03256
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.26% (0.03256) | 87.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.26% (0.03256) | 86.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.21% (0.02210) | 82.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.78% (0.03780) | 79.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.21% (0.02210) | 83.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.80% (0.04798) | 92.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 18, 2024 | 27.68% (0.27676) | 96.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 18, 2024 | 57.50% (0.57496) | 97.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 64.53% (0.64533) | 97.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 92.39% (0.92387) | 98.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780995232064&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mikx.de/firedragging/ x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-25.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12468 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=279945 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100033 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780995232064&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mikx.de/firedragging/ | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-25.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12468 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=279945 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100033 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 10, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 7, 2005
Link CVE-2005-0230
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a