Firefox < 1.5.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 20842

Synopsis

A web browser on the remote host is prone to multiple flaws.

Description

The remote Windows host is using Firefox, an alternative web browser.

The installed version of Firefox contains various security issues, some of which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the affected host subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox 1.5.0.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20842

File Name: mozilla_firefox_1501.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/4/2006

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: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2006-0299

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Firefox/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2005

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Firefox location.QueryInterface() Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4134, CVE-2006-0292, CVE-2006-0293, CVE-2006-0294, CVE-2006-0295, CVE-2006-0296, CVE-2006-0297, CVE-2006-0298, CVE-2006-0299

BID: 15773, 16476, 16741

CWE: 20

Detections

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