CVE-2005-2968

Firefox 1.0.6-Mozilla 1.7.10 - Command Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-2968. PoCs published by eter Zelezny.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a command injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and related applications by embedding shell commands in a maliciously crafted URL. The example uses backticks to execute the 'find' command, demonstrating arbitrary command execution on UNIX-based systems.

Description

Firefox 1.0.6 and Mozilla 1.7.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL that is provided to the browser on the command line, which is sent unfiltered to bash.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by eter Zelezny · textremotelinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26288

This exploit leverages a command injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and related applications by embedding shell commands in a maliciously crafted URL. The example uses backticks to execute the 'find' command, demonstrating arbitrary command execution on UNIX-based systems.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6, Mozilla Browser 1.7.x, Thunderbird 1.x
No auth needed
Prerequisites: User interaction required to visit the malicious URL
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (23)

Core 23
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_sco
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14888
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307185
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-2
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/16869
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-200-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17042
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17284
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17149
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17263
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11105
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914681
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-785.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17090
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1794

Scores

EPSS 0.1072
EPSS Percentile 95.3%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
mozilla/firefox 1.0.6
mozilla/mozilla 1.7.10
Published Sep 20, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026