CVE-2005-0145 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2005-0145?

CVE-2005-0145 is a low-severity 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 does not properly distinguish between user-generated and synthetic click events, which allows remote attackers to use Javascript to bypass the file download prompt when the user uses the Alt-click feature.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0145?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0145?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0145 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2005-0145 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0145 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-2fgh-m45q-cgrh.