# CVE-2005-0149: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass privacy settings by using cookies in emails, requiring user interaction to view the message.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 29 Jan 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2x58-77jw-wgpw

## What is CVE-2005-0149?

CVE-2005-0149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Mozilla, 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

Thunderbird 0.6 through 0.9 and Mozilla 1.7 through 1.7.3 does not obey the network.cookie.disableCookieForMailNews preference, which could allow remote attackers to bypass the user's intended privacy and security policy by using cookies in e-mail messages.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0149?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Mozilla Mozilla, Mozilla Thunderbird.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-0149?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2005-0149 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0149 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Mozilla

- [CVE-2007-1794](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1794/): Use after free in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0722](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0722/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-4039](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4039/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2003-0791](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0791/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2005-3896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3896/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-0149 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-0149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Mozilla, 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0149 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mozilla Mozilla. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0149/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0149/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0149
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0149
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-0149

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