CVE-2005-2429

Published: Aug 3, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Firefox, when opening Microsoft Word documents, does not properly set the permissions on shared sections, which allows remote attackers to write arbitrary data to open applications in Microsoft Office.

Affected (1)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox

Mozilla

1 product

Firefox

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0 rc3

References (8)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112248181422193&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/16256

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.osvdb.org/18484

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24346

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112248181422193&w=2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/16256

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.osvdb.org/18484

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24346

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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