CVE-2006-1729

Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.x before 1.5.0.2 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by (1) inserting the target filename into a text box, then turning that box into a file upload control, or (2) changing the type of the input control that is associated with an event handler.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.82% Top 20%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 third party advisory vdb entry permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/19902 third party advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21622 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19862 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19714 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1929 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19811 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10922 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19794 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19746 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21033 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 third party advisory vdb entry permissions required
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/19696 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19759 third party advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356 third party advisory vdb entry permissions required
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25823 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19729 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19649 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863 third party advisory
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17516 third party advisory vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19852 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19721 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3391 third party advisory vdb entry permissions required
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-23.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19631 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1729?
CVE-2006-1729 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1729?
To fix CVE-2006-1729, 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-2006-1729 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-1729 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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