CVE-2005-0145

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-01-24 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 0.8, 0.9, 0.9-rc, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3 (+3)

References

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-07.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12407
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265176
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19170
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100051
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-07.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12407
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265176
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19170
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100051

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