Description
Firefox 0.9, Thunderbird 0.6 and other versions before 0.9, and Mozilla 1.7 before 1.7.5 save temporary files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to read certain web content or attachments that belong to other users, e.g. content that is managed by helper applications such as PDF.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 4 | devhelp +1 | 0.9.2-2.4.3 | RHSA-2005:335 |
| RHEL 4 | evolution +1 | 2.0.2-14 | RHSA-2005:335 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2005:335 Red Hat Security Advisory: mozilla security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-02.html
- mozilla-world-readable(17832) vdb-entry
- RHSA-2005:335 vendor-advisory
- 19823 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9543 vdb-entry signature
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100056 vdb-entry signature
- RHSA-2005:384 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251297
- SUSE-SA:2006:022 vendor-advisory