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CVE-2005-0587

Publication date 25 March 2005

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Unknown

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote malicious web sites to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into downloading a .LNK (link) file twice, which overwrites the file that was referenced in the first .LNK file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mozilla 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.7.12-1.1ubuntu2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.7.12-1.1ubuntu2
mozilla-thunderbird 7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-149-3
    • Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 28 July 2005

Other references