CVE-2006-5462
Mozilla NSS RSA Key Exponent 3 Signature Forgery Vulnerability
Description
Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 3.11.3, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.8, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.6, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, does not properly handle extra data in a signature, which allows remote attackers to forge signatures for SSL/TLS and email certificates. NOTE: this identifier is for unpatched product versions that were originally intended to be addressed by CVE-2006-4340.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 8, 2006, 9:07 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
4.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2006-5462
vulnerability.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0733.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0734.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0735.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22722 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22727 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22737 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22763 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22770 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22815 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22817 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22965 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22980 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23009 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23013 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23197 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23202 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23235 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23263 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23287 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23297 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23883 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24711 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-06.xml Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-07.xml Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-08.xml Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1017180 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1017181 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1017182 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102781-1 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-246.htm Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1224 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1225 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1227 Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/335392 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:205 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:206 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-60.html Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-66.html Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_68_mozilla.html Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-381-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-382-1 Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-312A.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4387 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0293 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1198 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Added Reference http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00771742 Added Reference http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00771742 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356215 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30098 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10478 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10478 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10478 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30098 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30098 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 09, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-5462 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-5462
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
12.36 }} -6.17%
score
0.93273
percentile