# CVE-2005-2260: The browser user interface in Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 does not properly distinguish between u

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-07-13 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The browser user interface in Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 does not properly distinguish between user-generated events and untrusted synthetic events, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform dangerous actions that normally could only be performed manually by the user.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16059
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16044
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=289940
- http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10132
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1226
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16043
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-45.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100013

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