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CVE-2005-0578

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% 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 1.0.1 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.6 use a predictable filename for the plugin temporary directory, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files of other users via a symlink attack on the plugtmp directory.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: 0.8, 0.9, 0.9-rc, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3 (+3)
• Mozilla: 1.3, 1.4, 1.4-alpha, 1.4.1, 1.5, 1.5-alpha (+16)

References

• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-28.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10954
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-28.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html

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