CVE-2005-2353

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: 2005-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

run-mozilla.sh in Thunderbird, with debugging enabled, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

Mozilla Thunderbird: 1.5.0.9

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19863
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:173
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14443
https://usn.ubuntu.com/157-1/
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051

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