VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-0578
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.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.29%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.29% probability · 22th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/mozilla
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-28.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10954
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-28.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10954
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.