Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5.0.3 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2775. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect 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 shared 06/02/2006 by Mikolaj J. Habryn (moz_bug_r_a4) with Cybozu Labs as MFSA2006-38 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-2775 since 06/02/2006. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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-2282 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: getfirefox.com

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2006-38
Researcher: Mikolaj J. Habryn (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Cybozu Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-2775 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2775
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2284
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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 (69), 01/31/2018 09:52 (13), 03/13/2021 07:15 (8), 03/13/2021 07:18 (1), 01/20/2025 16:24 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:A7B:103

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