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    CVE-2005-0142

    Firefox 0.9, Thunderbird 0.6 and other versions before 0.9, and Mozilla 1.7 before 1.7.5 save temporary files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to read certain web content or attachments that belong to other users, e.g. content that is managed by helper applications such as PDF.

    Published:Jan 20, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jan 29, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.00059
    CVSS Score:2.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Mozilla
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-02.html
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-335.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251297
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17832
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100056
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9543
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-02.html
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-335.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251297
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17832
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100056
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9543

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High