SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-2429

Firefox, when opening Microsoft Word documents, does not properly set the permissions on shared sections, which allows remote attackers to write arbitrary data to open applications in Microsoft Office.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.26%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Firefox, when opening Microsoft Word documents, does not properly set the permissions on shared sections, which allows remote attackers to write arbitrary data to open applications in Microsoft Office.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
1.26% probability · 68th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
mozilla/firefox
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.