CVE-2005-0587

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.

• CWE-59

• http://secunia.com/advisories/19823Broken Link
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-21.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100037Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19823Broken Link
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-21.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100037Broken Link

Published

Mar 25, 2005

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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