CVE-2005-0142: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2005-0142 is a low (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 29-01-2005PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Firefox 0.9, Thunderbird 0.6 and other versions before 0.9, and Mozilla 1.7 before 1.7.5 save temporary files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to read certain web content or attachments that belong to other users, e.g. content that is managed by helper applications such as PDF.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.30%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
22%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.30% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Mozilla3 products
- firefox0.9
- mozilla1.7 | 1.7:rc3 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.3
- thunderbird0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8
1 vendor · 3 products
References
9 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9543VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100056VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251297X Refsource CONFIRM