CVE-2005-2429

Firefox - Arbitrary Data Write via Microsoft Word Document Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24346
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112248181422193&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/18484
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/16256

Scores

EPSS 0.0126
EPSS Percentile 66.2%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox 2.0 rc3
Published Aug 03, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026