Privilege Escalation via DOM Node Property Override in Firefox and Mozilla Suite

CVE-2005-1160 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:H/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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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