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
97.9%
Mozilla products fail to properly handle frame or window references. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
JavaScript references are not properly cleared after an object is deleted. An attacker may be able to use the reference to a deleted object to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
According to the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-044, versions of Mozilla Firefox prior to 1.5 and the Mozilla Suite are not affected by this vulnerability.
A remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute code with the privileges of the user running the Mozilla-based web browser.
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This vulnerability is addressed in Firefox 1.5.0.5, Thunderbird 1.5.0.5, and SeaMonkey 1.0.3, according to the Mozilla Foundation Security Update MFSA 2006-44.
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Updated: July 27, 2006
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Please see Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-44.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23476724 Feedback>).
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This vulnerability was reported by the Mozilla Foundation, who in turn credit Thilo Germann.
This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-3801 |
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Severity Metric: | 8.35 Date Public: |