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CVE-2006-1733 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 does not properly protect the compilation scope of privileged built-in XBL bindings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) valueOf.call or (2) valueOf.apply methods of an XBL binding, or (3) "by inserting an XBL method into the DOM's document.body prototype chain."

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  04/14/2006

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Provides unauthorized access
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

Evaluator Solution

This vulnerability also affects Mozilla, SeaMonkey, 1.0 and Mozilla, Suite, 1.7.13 This vulnerabiloity is addressed in the following product releases: Mozilla, Firefox, 1.5 Mozilla, Firefox, 1.0.8 Mozilla, Thunderbird, 1.5 Mozilla, Thunderbird, 1.0.8 Mozilla, 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 Patch
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.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/488774 US Government Resource
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/mfsa2006-16.html Patch Vendor Advisory
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/1/434524/100/0/threaded
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.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-107A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25817
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10815
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2020
https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10815
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10815
Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2020
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2020

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 1.0.7
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 1.7.12
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 1.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 1.0.7
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-1733
NVD Published Date:
04/14/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/18/2018