Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
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 overwrites the file that was referenced in the first .LNK fi…
EPSS: 0.014 (69.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Broken Link, x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_SUSE)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-0587?
- CVE-2005-0587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2005-03-25.
- How severe is CVE-2005-0587?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.