Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2006-1790. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A regression fix in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the InstallTrigger.install method, which leads to memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 04/13/2006. The weakness was presented 04/14/2006 by Georgi Guninski (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-1790 since 04/14/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21993 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0328)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117724 (CentOS Security Update for Firefox (CESA-2006:0419)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3977.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25809), Tenable (21993), SecurityFocus (BID 17516†), OSVDB (24663†) and Secunia (SA19631†). See VDB-2162, VDB-2161, VDB-2158 and VDB-2157 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21993
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0328)
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OpenVAS ID: 56664
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1044-1 (mozilla-firefox)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-1790 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1790
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29668

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X-Force: 25809
SecurityFocus: 17516 - Mozilla Suite, Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19631 - Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 24663 - CVE-2006-1790 - Mozilla Firefox - Denial-Of-Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 11235 - Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 Remote DoS and Code Execution via the InstallTrigger.install Method, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-1356

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/22/2025 05:06
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (79), 06/17/2019 06:23 (10), 06/22/2025 05:06 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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