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CVE-2006-4568 Detail

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to bypass the security model and inject content into the sub-frame of another site via targetWindow.frames[n].document.open(), which facilitates spoofing and other attacks.


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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-19.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-04.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016855
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016856
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-224.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1192
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1210
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:168
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-61.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_54_mozilla.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0675.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0676.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446140/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20042
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-351-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-361-1
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1191
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3617
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1198
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00771742
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343168
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28961
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-640
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9843

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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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-4568
NVD Published Date:
09/15/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/17/2018
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.