CVE-2005-0578
N/A
Published: February 27, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorFirefoxMozilla
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.6 use a predictable filename for the plugin temporary directory, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files of other users via a symlink attack on the plugtmp directory.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-28.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.htmlVDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10954Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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