FKIE_CVE-2005-2968
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-09-20 22:03 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:15
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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