security flaw
Published Feb 27, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.29%
Description
Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.6 use a predictable filename for the plugin temporary directory, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files of other users via a symlink attack on the plugtmp directory.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.0.1-1.4.3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:176
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.0.1-1.4.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:176 |
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:N/I:N/A:P
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 | 0.29% (0.00292) | 19.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.29% (0.00292) | 20.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00071) | 19.08th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-28.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0578 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617540 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0578
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10954 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0578
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-28.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0578 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617540 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0578 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10954 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0578 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.