CVE-2005-0142

Firefox 0.9 and Thunderbird 0.6 - Unprotected User Data Exposure via Temporary Files

Title source: llm

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.

References (9)

Core 9

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-02.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17832

Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-335.html

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/19823

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9543

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100056

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251297

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0030

EPSS Percentile 22.3%

Details

Status published

Products (8)

mozilla/firefox 0.9

mozilla/mozilla 1.7 (2 CPE variants)

mozilla/mozilla 1.7.1

mozilla/mozilla 1.7.2

mozilla/mozilla 1.7.3

mozilla/thunderbird 0.6

mozilla/thunderbird 0.7

mozilla/thunderbird 0.8

Published May 02, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026