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.
Published: 2005-02-27
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-0579 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-149-3 Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities
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Mozilla Firefox Mozilla
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:21:05.653Z

Reserved: 2005-02-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0578

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0578

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-02-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-0578 - Bugzilla

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