CVE-2005-2429

medium

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.

References

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

http://www.osvdb.org/18484

http://secunia.com/advisories/16256

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-08-03

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N