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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.