# CVE-2005-1160: The privileged "chrome" UI code in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by overrid

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-04-18 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The privileged "chrome" UI code in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by overriding certain properties or methods of DOM nodes, as demonstrated using multiple attacks involving the eval function or the Script object.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=289083
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14992
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100017
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-41.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13233
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=289074
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=289961
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14938
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11291
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html

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