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CVE-2005-2429

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-08-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Firefox, when opening Microsoft Word documents, does not properly set the permissions on shared sections, which allows remote attackers to write arbitrary data to open applications in Microsoft Office.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: 2.0-rc3

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112248181422193&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16256
• http://www.osvdb.org/18484
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24346
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112248181422193&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16256
• http://www.osvdb.org/18484
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24346

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