14198 : Mozilla Browsers Predictable Plugin Temp Directory Arbitrary File Deletion
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Disclosure

Feb 25, 2005

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Description

(Description Provided by CVE) : Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.6 use a predictable filename for the plugin temporary directory, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files of other users via a symlink attack on the plugtmp directory.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281284
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2005:384
Other Advisory URL: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-28.html
Secunia Advisory ID: 14407 14737 15180
CVE ID: 2005-0578 (see also: NVD)
Security Tracker: 1013303
Keyword: MFSA 2005-28

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Tavis Ormandy - tavisogoogle.com - Google Information Security Team

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