CVE-2005-2262 - Secunia.com

CVE Reference: CVE-2005-2262
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Description: Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4, and Netscape 8.0.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into using the "Set As Wallpaper" (in Firefox) or "Set as Background" (in Netscape) context menu on an image URL that is really a javascript: URL with an eval statement, aka "Firewalling."

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html SAID Secunia Advisory: SA16043 Secunia Advisory: SA16044 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html OVAL http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11097 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100011 MISC http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5ZP0E0UGAK.html http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html http://www.mikx.de/firewalling/ CONFIRM http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-47.html CIAC http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml BID 14242

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