CVE-2005-1575 — The file download dialog in Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1 and 1.0 for Windows allows remote attackers to hide the real file types of downloaded files via the Content-Type HTTP header and a filename containing whitespace, dots, or ASCII byte 160

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The file download dialog in Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1 and 1.0 for Windows allows remote attackers to hide the real file types of downloaded files via the Content-Type HTTP header and a filename containing whitespace, dots, or ASCII byte 160

Published May 14, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.11%

Description

The file download dialog in Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1 and 1.0 for Windows allows remote attackers to hide the real file types of downloaded files via the Content-Type HTTP header and a filename containing whitespace, dots, or ASCII byte 160.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.11% 0.01109

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01109

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 (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.11% (0.01109)	64.65th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.11% (0.01109)	61.49th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.49% (0.00486)	63.32th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.73% (0.00731)	81.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.20% (0.00202)	57.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.17% (0.00173)	53.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.16% (0.00157)	50.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.74% (0.00736)	77.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/12979
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-11/advisory/
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/16431
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/12979		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-11/advisory/		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/16431		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 14, 2005

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved May 14, 2005

Link CVE-2005-1575

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-1575

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-1575