CVE-2005-0149
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
Thunderbird 0.6 through 0.9 and Mozilla 1.7 through 1.7.3 does not obey the network.cookie.disableCookieForMailNews preference, which could allow remote attackers to bypass the user's intended privacy and security policy by using cookies in e-mail messages.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.68%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 76
- Score date: 10/11/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-11.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-094.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=268107
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19172
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100047
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11407
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-11.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-094.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=268107
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19172
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100047
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11407
Raw JSON (NVD)
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