Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2005-28
Unsafe /tmp/plugtmp directory exploitable to erase user's files
- Announced
- February 24, 2005
- Reporter
- Tavis Ormandy
- Risk
- High (on shared machine, low otherwise)
- Impact
- Critical (local)
- Products
- Firefox, Mozilla Suite
- Fixed in
-
- Firefox 1.0.1
- Mozilla Suite 1.7.6
Description
A predictable name is used for the plugin temporary directory. A malicious local user could symlink this to the victim's home directory and wait for the victim to run Firefox. When Firefox shuts down the victim's directory would be erased.
Workaround
None.