CVE-2005-0142

Publication date 2 May 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mozilla	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.10 edgy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected
mozilla-thunderbird	7.04 feisty	Not affected
	6.10 edgy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected

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References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-149-3
Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities
28 July 2005

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0142