Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 25, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2005-0587

Description

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote malicious web sites to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into downloading a .LNK (link) file twice, which overwrites the file that was referenced in the first .LNK file.

Affected products

Mozilla Corporation/Firefox
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <1.0.1
Mozilla Corporation/Mozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <1.7.6

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-21.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
secunia.com/advisories/19823nvdBroken Link
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.htmlnvdBroken Link
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100037nvdBroken Link

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