Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-0141

Title: Firefox/Mozilla Javascript local file loading

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-0141.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 02, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.20%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-0141: 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.

Impacted Vendors

mozilla 2

Reference Links

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-01.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-323.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-335.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12407 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=249332 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19168 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100057 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10756 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-01.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-323.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-335.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12407 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=249332 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19168 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100057 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10756

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-0141 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 02, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.