CVE-2005-0587

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote malicious web sites to overwrite...

6.5 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.42%Up 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

Record: CVE-2005-0587
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 2.6 LowAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2005-0587
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2005-0588 No score

Record: EUVD-2005-0588
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2v24-xp2p-2gfc 6.5

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote malicious web sites to overwrite...

Record: GHSA-2v24-xp2p-2gfc
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2005-0587 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Mozilla Firefox, published February 28, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.42%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.