The install function in Firefox 1.0.3 allows remote web sites on the browser's whitelist, such as update.mozilla.org or addon.mozilla.org, to execute arbitrary Javascript with chrome privileges, leading to arbitrary code execution on the system when combined with vulnerabilities such as CVE-2005-1476, as demonstrated using a javascript: URL as the package icon and a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack on a vulnerable whitelist site.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2005-05-09T04:00:00
Updated: 2017-10-10T00:57:01
Reserved: 2005-05-09T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-1477
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2005-05-09T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2017-10-11T01:30:08.827
Link: CVE-2005-1477
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