CVE-2006-1733
MEDIUMEPSS 91th pctlDescription
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."
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.
References
- lists.suse.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- sunsolve.sun.com
- sunsolve.sun.com
- support.avaya.com
- debian.org
- debian.org
- debian.org
- gentoo.org
- gentoo.org
- gentoo.org
- mandriva.com
- mandriva.com
- mandriva.com
- novell.com
- redhat.com
- redhat.com
- redhat.com
- redhat.com
- redhat.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- vupen.com
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2012-1456 | Medium | 4.3 | 100% | - | - |
| CVE-2012-1459 | Medium | 4.3 | 100% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2012-1446 | Medium | 4.3 | 100% | - | - |
| CVE-2012-1443 | Medium | 4.3 | 100% | - | - |
| CVE-2012-1442 | Medium | 4.3 | 99% | - | - |
| CVE-2012-1457 | Medium | 4.3 | 98% | - | Fix |
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