CVE-2006-6501
"Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey JavaScript Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to gain privileges and install malicious code via the watch Javascript function.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 20, 2006, 1:28 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:22 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2006-6501
vulnerability.
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CVE-2006-6501.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2006-6501 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2006-6501 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017407 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017407 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/263412 US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/263412 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017403 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017403 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017404 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017404 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23514 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23514 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23439 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23439 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23591 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23591 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23433 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23433 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23598 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23598 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc No Types Assigned ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 No Types Assigned http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338 No Types Assigned http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-70.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-70.html Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23601 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23601 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9746 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9746 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297 No Types Assigned http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23440 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23440 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24390 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/24390 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23618 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23618 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml No Types Assigned http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23468 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23468 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23589 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23589 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23988 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23988 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24078 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/24078 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml No Types Assigned http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml Third Party Advisory Removed CWE NVD-CWE-Other Added CWE CWE-264 Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.5.0.8 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.0.6 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.5.0.8 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.5 up to (excluding) 1.5.0.9 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 2.0.0.1 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.0.7 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.5.0.9 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
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:9746 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9746 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 20, 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-2006-6501 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-2006-6501
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
16.61 }} 1.34%
score
0.96115
percentile