CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
99.8%
Mozilla products fail to properly restrict access to privileged XBL bindings. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
XBL
According to Mozilla, XBL "is a markup language that defines special new elements, or ‘bindings’ for XUL widgets (and for HTML elements …) ".
The Problem
Privileged XBL bindings may be accessible by user controlled content in a way that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Specifically, the valueOf.call()
and valueOf.apply()
routines can be leveraged by an attacker to compile and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the attacked XBL binding.
For a list of affected products refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-16.
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Upgrade
Refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-16 for fixed versions of Mozilla products.
Disable JavaScript
For instructions on how to disable JavaScript in Firefox, please refer to the Firefox section of the Securing Your Web Browser document.
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Updated: April 17, 2006
Affected
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.
Refer to <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-16.html>.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23488774 Feedback>).
Updated: May 17, 2006
Statement Date: May 17, 2006
Affected
This issue affected Firefox and Thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, and Mozilla as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4. Updated packages are available along with our advisories at the URL below and by using the Red Hat Network ‘up2date’ tool.
<https://rhn.redhat.com/cve/CVE-2006-1733.html>
We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.
Group | Score | Vector |
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Base | 0 | AV:–/AC:–/Au:–/C:–/I:–/A:– |
Temporal | 0 | E:ND/RL:ND/RC:ND |
Environmental | 0 | CDP:ND/TD:ND/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND |
This vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-16. Mozilla credits moz_bug_r_a4 with providing information regarding this issue.
This document was written by Jeff Gennari.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-1733 |
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Severity Metric: | 26.44 Date Public: |