CVE-2005-0587

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Published Feb 28, 2005 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-149-3	Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.4% (1.416% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-21.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100037

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox Mozilla

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:21 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Feb 28, 2005, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:21 PM
Reserved: Feb 28, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:11 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 25, 2005, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:11 PM

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