Description

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 bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection by changing the src attribute of an IMG element to a javascript: URI.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 20, 2006, 1:28 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 17, 2018, 9:48 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-6503 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla thunderbird
3 Mozilla seamonkey
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-6503.

URL Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338 Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23433 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23439 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23440 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23468 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23514 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23589 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23591 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23598 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23601 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23618 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23988 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24078 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24390 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017414 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017415 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017416 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405092 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-72.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10895 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-6503 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-6503 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.

  • 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://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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 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 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10895 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10895 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.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.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-72.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-72.html Vendor 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 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://securitytracker.com/id?1017416 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017416 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017414 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017414 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017415 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017415 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    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://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405092 US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405092 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    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-254
    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:10895 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10895 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 20, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-6503 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-2006-6503 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

14.02 }} -1.62%

score

0.95724

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability