CVE-2005-2353
run-mozilla.sh in Thunderbird, with debugging enabled, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
02 Description
run-mozilla.sh in Thunderbird, with debugging enabled, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 21.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-08-05 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-07-22
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5f1685d77f12c1e887f7ae55c14c8127ba5035b62ff3cc7cd57744f309c8c979
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com19941http://secunia.com/advisories/19941
- www.debian.orgDSA-1051http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-157-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/157-1/
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:173http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:173
- secunia.com19863http://secunia.com/advisories/19863
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:174http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174
- www.debian.orgDSA-1046http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046
- www.securityfocus.com14443http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14443
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- thunderbird Fixed in 1.5.0.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- thunderbird Fixed in 1.5.0.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- thunderbird Fixed in 1.5.0.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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