CVE-2005-0145

Firefox < 1.0 - Unauthenticated File Download Bypass via Alt-Click Event Spoofing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Firefox before 1.0 does not properly distinguish between user-generated and synthetic click events, which allows remote attackers to use Javascript to bypass the file download prompt when the user uses the Alt-click feature.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265176
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12407
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19170
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100051
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-07.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0104
EPSS Percentile 60.3%

Details

Status published
Products (8)
mozilla/firefox 0.8
mozilla/firefox 0.9 (2 CPE variants)
mozilla/firefox 0.9.1
mozilla/firefox 0.9.2
mozilla/firefox 0.9.3
mozilla/firefox 0.10
mozilla/firefox 0.10.1
mozilla/firefox 1.0
Published Jan 24, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026