Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

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.

  • Published: Mar 25, 2005
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2005-0587
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.6
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
mozilla / mozilla - 1.7.6
mozilla / firefox - 1.0.1