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CVE-2005-2266


Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 allows a child frame to call top.focus and other methods in a parent frame, even when the parent is in a different domain, which violates the same origin policy and allows remote attackers to steal sensitive information such as cookies and passwords from web sites whose child frames do not verify that they are in the same domain as their parents.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2005-2266 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from mozilla, from mozilla organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2005, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.


Published

2005-07-13T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mozilla firefox 0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.10.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.3 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.4 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.4 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.4.1 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.5.1 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.6 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.6 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.6 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7.1 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7.2 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7.3 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7.5 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7.6 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7.7 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla 1.7.8 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mozilla's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.