security flaw
Published Apr 18, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.46%
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."
Affected products
No data.
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.5
- 1.7.6
- 7.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.4
Fixed · RHSA-2005:386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.0.3-1.4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:383
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.0.3-1.4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:383 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 2.46% (0.02461) | 83.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.46% (0.02461) | 82.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 8.73% (0.08734) | 92.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.35% (0.07353) | 90.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 14.67% (0.14665) | 90.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.35% (0.07353) | 91.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.34% (0.01340) | 86.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 25, 2024 | 1.89% (0.01889) | 88.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 8, 2023 | 2.08% (0.02081) | 87.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.92% (0.02921) | 89.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (18)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14938 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14992 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14996 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mikx.de/firesearching/ x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-38.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13211 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1157 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290037 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617609 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20125 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1157
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9961 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1157
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.