CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
97.5%
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Mozilla addSelectionListener
method. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
addSelectionListener
Web content can add a SelectionListener
to the Selection object by using addSelectionListener
method of the nsISelectionPrivate
interface. This listener would be called when the user performs a “find” or “select all” command.
The problem
The notifications are created in a privileged context, which can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code. Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey are reported to be vulnerable.
By convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document (e.g., a web page, an HTML email message, or an HTML email attachment), an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.
Apply an update
Refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-43 for fixed versions of Mozilla products.
Disable JavaScript
This vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling JavaScript.
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Updated: June 02, 2006
Affected
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Please refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-43.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23237257 Feedback>).
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Thanks to the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory for reporting this vulnerability, who in turn credit moz_bug_r_a4.
This document was written by Will Dormann.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-2777 |
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Severity Metric: | 18.36 Date Public: |