Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 25, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0587
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.0.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.1
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.7.6
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.6
Patches
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References
5- 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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