Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-4809

Title: Firefox status bar URL spoof via nested link/table tags

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2005-4809

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

6.01%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-4809: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 and possibly other versions, including Mozilla and Thunderbird, allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the Status Bar via an A HREF tag that contains a TABLE tag that contains another A tag.

Impacted Vendors

mozilla 3

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=111073068631287&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/14568 http://securitytracker.com/id?1013423 http://www.osvdb.org/14885 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12798 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0260 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19540 http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=111073068631287&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/14568 http://securitytracker.com/id?1013423 http://www.osvdb.org/14885 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12798 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0260 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19540

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-4809 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25221

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.