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.
Published: 2005-08-03
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2430 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.
History

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:29:59.351Z

Reserved: 2005-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2429

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-08-03T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-2429

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