CVE-2006-0884

Public Exploit

Description

The WYSIWYG rendering engine ("rich mail" editor) in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to bypass javascript security settings and obtain sensitive information or cause a crash via an e-mail containing a javascript URI in the SRC attribute of an IFRAME tag, which is executed when the user edits the e-mail.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 36.00% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2024 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19902 third party advisory vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015665 vdb entry exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19821 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:052 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21622 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051 patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19811 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21033 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1 vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/23653 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10782 signature vdb entry
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425786/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:078 vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-21.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20051 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16770 patch vdb entry exploit
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19721 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19950 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25983 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046 patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0884?
CVE-2006-0884 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0884?
To fix CVE-2006-0884, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-0884 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-0884 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~36% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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