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title: "CVE-2005-0752\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-0752

Publication date 18 April 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The Plugin Finder Service (PFS) in Firefox before 1.0.3 allows remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code via a javascript: URL in the
PLUGINSPAGE attribute of an EMBED tag.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |
| firefox-granparadiso | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| lightning-sunbird | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| midbrowser | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0752)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0752)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-0752)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0752)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-149-3](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-149-3)
+ Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 28 July 2005

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0752>
