security flaw
Published Jan 29, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.30%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.9
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 0.6
- 0.7
- 0.8
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:335
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
evolution-0:2.0.2-14
Fixed · RHSA-2005:335
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:335 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | evolution-0:2.0.2-14 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:335 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00302) | 20.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00302) | 21.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 15.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-02.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-335.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0142 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251297 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617470 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17832 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0142
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100056 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9543 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0142
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.