Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0142
CVE-2005-0142
Description
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.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=0.9
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.7.5
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <0.9
Patches
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References
9- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-335.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-02.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19823nvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.htmlnvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17832nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100056nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9543nvd
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