CVE-2005-0141 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2005-0141?

CVE-2005-0141 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 29 Jan 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Firefox before 1.0 and Mozilla before 1.7.5 allow remote attackers to load local files via links "with a custom getter and toString method" that are middle-clicked by the user to be opened in a new tab.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0141?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Mozilla.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0141?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2005-0141 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0141 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jj36-3392-jhm7.