CVE-2005-0587
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 28, 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
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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
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:
References (5)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-21.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100037CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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