# 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 fil

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-05-14 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.osvdb.org/16431
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-11/advisory/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12979

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