# CVE-2005-0142: 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 permission

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-01-29 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-02.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17832
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-335.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9543
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100056
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251297
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html

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