When was CVE-2005-0578 disclosed?

CVE-2005-0578 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 2, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-0578 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-0578 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 22.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-0578?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-0578, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-0578

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.6 use a predictable filename for the plugin temporary directory, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files of other users via a symlink attack on the plugtmp directory.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 22.5%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

cve@mitrehttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml
cve@mitrehttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
cve@mitrehttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-28.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659
cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10954
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-28.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10954

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