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CVE-2005-0590

The installation confirmation dialog in Firefox before 1.0.1, Thunderbird before 1.0.1, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to use InstallTrigger …

Impact

The installation confirmation dialog in Firefox before 1.0.1, Thunderbird before 1.0.1, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to use InstallTrigger to spoof the hostname of the host performing the installation via a long "user:pass" sequence in the URL, which appears before the real hostname.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MozillaFirefox
Versions 0.8, 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.10
MozillaMozilla
Versions 1.3, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6
MozillaThunderbird
Versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6

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