MEDIUM
Greasemonkey before 0.3.5 allows remote web servers to (1) read arbitrary files via a GET request to a file:// URL in the GM_xmlhttpRequest API function, (2) list installed scripts using GM_scripts, or obtain sensitive information via (3) GM_setValue and GM_getValue
Published Aug 4, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.54%
Description
Greasemonkey before 0.3.5 allows remote web servers to (1) read arbitrary files via a GET request to a file:// URL in the GM_xmlhttpRequest API function, (2) list installed scripts using GM_scripts, or obtain sensitive information via (3) GM_setValue and GM_getValue.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.3.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.54% 0.08538
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08538
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.54% (0.08538) | 94.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.54% (0.08538) | 94.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.54% (0.08545) | 91.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.35% (0.07349) | 85.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.18% (0.09176) | 92.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.61% (0.00610) | 79.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 11, 2024 | 0.61% (0.00610) | 78.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.64% (0.00642) | 78.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 0.64% (0.00642) | 76.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 10, 2023 | 0.68% (0.00678) | 76.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.96% (0.00960) | 80.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://greaseblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/mandatory-greasemonkey-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/changes/0.3.5.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004000.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004022.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16128 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014529 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploitPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/18154 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5CP0P20GBK.html x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14336 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1147 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21453 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://greaseblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/mandatory-greasemonkey-update.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/changes/0.3.5.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004000.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit | |
| http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004022.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16128 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1014529 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploitPatch | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/18154 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5CP0P20GBK.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14336 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1147 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21453 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 4, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 4, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2455
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a