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CVE-2006-1731 Detail

Description

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 returns the Object class prototype instead of the global window object when (1) .valueOf.call or (2) .valueOf.apply are called without any arguments, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Evaluator Solution

Fixed in: Firefox 1.5 Firefox 1.0.8 Thunderbird 1.5 Thunderbird 1.0.8 SeaMonkey 1.0 Mozilla Suite 1.7.13

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:078
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-19.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17516
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3391
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25820
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1955
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9604
https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-1731
NVD Published Date:
04/14/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/18/2018
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.