CVE-2005-2353

run-mozilla.sh in Thunderbird, with debugging enabled, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published: 2005-08-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2353 is rated Low Risk (15.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2353

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.08% 0.29% +0.21%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.04%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2353

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2353

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2353

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-2353 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (firefox, thunderbird), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2353
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2353 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (firefox, firefox-granparadiso, lightning-sunbird, midbrowser, mozilla-thunderbird, xulrunner), 24 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 10, released 8, needs-triage 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2353

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2353

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2353

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