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CVE-2005-0141

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Firefox before 1.0 and Mozilla before 1.7.5 allow remote attackers to load local files via links "with a custom getter and toString method" that are middle-clicked by the user to be opened in a new tab.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: 0.8, 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3
• Mozilla: 1.7, 1.7-rc3, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3

References

• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-01.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-323.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-335.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12407
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=249332
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19168
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100057
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10756
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-01.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-323.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-335.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12407

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