CVE-2006-1741

Public Exploit

Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript into other sites by (1) "using a modal alert to suspend an event handler while a new page is being loaded", (2) using eval(), and using certain variants involving (3) "new Script;" and (4) using window.__proto__ to extend eval, aka "cross-site JavaScript injection".

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.95% 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.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19902 third party advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc vendor advisory broken link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-09.html exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19780 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19821 third party 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://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 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
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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25806 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19746 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21033 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9167 signature third party advisory vdb entry
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.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356 third party advisory vdb entry permissions required
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1855 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:078 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19729 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20051 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://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://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19631 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19950 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-2006-1741?
CVE-2006-1741 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1741?
To fix CVE-2006-1741, 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-2006-1741 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-1741 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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