CVE-2006-2613

Public Exploit

Description

Mozilla Suite 1.7.13, Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 and possibly other versions before before 1.8.0, and Netscape 7.2 and 8.1, and possibly other versions and products, allows remote user-assisted attackers to obtain information such as the installation path by causing exceptions to be thrown and checking the message contents.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.94% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20244 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26667 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/20255 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21532 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434696/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/20256 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=267645 patch
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=164547 exploit
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143 vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/960 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2613?
CVE-2006-2613 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2613?
To fix CVE-2006-2613, 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-2006-2613 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2613 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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