Firefox < 1.0.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 18689

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote version of Firefox contains various security issues that may allow an attacker execute arbitrary code on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox 1.0.6 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18689

File Name: mozilla_firefox_105.nasl

Version: 1.31

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 6/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.19

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-2395

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Firefox/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/19/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2005

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Mozilla Suite/Firefox compareTo() Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0718, CVE-2005-1937, CVE-2005-2260, CVE-2005-2261, CVE-2005-2262, CVE-2005-2263, CVE-2005-2264, CVE-2005-2265, CVE-2005-2266, CVE-2005-2267, CVE-2005-2268, CVE-2005-2269, CVE-2005-2270, CVE-2005-2395

BID: 14242, 14325

Detections

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