Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5.0.3 XUL Attribute access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox. Impacted is an unknown function of the component XUL Attribute Handler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-2775. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component XUL Attribute Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 associates XUL attributes with the wrong URL under certain unspecified circumstances, which might allow remote attackers to bypass restrictions by causing a persisted string to be associated with the wrong URL.

The weakness was disclosed 06/02/2006 by Jonas Sicking (moz_bug_r_a4) with Mozilla as MFSA2006-35 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-2775 since 06/02/2006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21628 (Mozilla Thunderbird < 1.5.0.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165145 (SUSE Security Update for Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Seamonkey (SUSE-SA:2006:035)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at getfirefox.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26846), Tenable (21628), SecurityFocus (BID 18228†), Secunia (SA20376†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016202†). The entries VDB-2174, VDB-2283, VDB-2285 and VDB-2286 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Mozilla

Name

• Firefox

Version

• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.3
• 0.10
• 0.10.1
• 1.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.5
• 1.5.0.1
• 1.5.0.2
• 1.5.0.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
• Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21628
Nessus Name: Mozilla Thunderbird < 1.5.0.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 57153
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1118-1 (mozilla)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: getfirefox.com

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2006-35
Researcher: Jonas Sicking (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-2775 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2775
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2282
CERT: 🔍
X-Force: 26846
SecurityFocus: 18228 - Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, Camino, and Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20376 - Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1016202 - Mozilla Firefox Bugs Permit Arbitrary Code Execution, Cross-Site Scripting, and HTTP Response Smuggling
Vupen: ADV-2006-2106

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/02/2006 15:22
Updated: 01/20/2025 16:24
Changes: 06/02/2006 15:22 (72), 01/31/2018 09:53 (11), 03/13/2021 06:56 (8), 03/13/2021 07:01 (1), 01/20/2025 16:24 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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