Remote Code Execution via Set As Wallpaper or Set as Background Context Menu

Remote Code Execution via Set As Wallpaper or Set as Background Context Menu

CVE-2005-2262 · MEDIUM Severity

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

Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4, and Netscape 8.0.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into using the "Set As Wallpaper" (in Firefox) or "Set as Background" (in Netscape) context menu on an image URL that is really a javascript: URL with an eval statement, aka "Firewalling."

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