6.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-6585
Mozilla Firefox Extension Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

The Extensions manager in Mozilla Firefox 2.0 does not properly populate the list of local extensions, which allows attackers to construct an extension that hides itself by finding its name in the list and then calling RemoveElement, as demonstrated by the FFsniFF extension. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.0 is also affected.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 15, 2006, 7:28 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:23 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-6585 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

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-6585 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-6585 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/1/454058/100/0/threaded [Vendor Advisory]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493585/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493585/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454058/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 18, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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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-2006-6585 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.24 }} 0.02%

score

0.61619

percentile

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