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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2006-0236 Detail

Current Description

GUI display truncation vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2, 1.0.6, and 1.0.7 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an attachment with a filename containing a large number of spaces ending with a dangerous extension that is not displayed by Thunderbird, along with an inconsistent Content-Type header, which could be used to trick a user into downloading dangerous content by dragging or saving the attachment.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/30/2006)

Not vulnerable. We verified that this issue does not affect Linux versions of Thunderbird.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:021
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422148/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16271 Patch 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0230 Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300246
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24164

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-0236
NVD Published Date:
01/17/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/19/2018
Source:
MITRE