Medium severity · published Mar 25, 2005
CVE-2005-0587
Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote malicious web sites to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into downloading a .LNK (link) file twice, which…
6.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote malicious web sites to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into downloading a .LNK (link) file twice, which overwrites the file that was referenced in the first .LNK file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 1.0.1 · source: NVD
MO
Mozilla · Mozilla
before 1.7.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0587
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0587
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-21.html
Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659
Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100037
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