CVE-2006-2776

Description

Certain privileged UI code in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 calls content-defined setters on an object prototype, which allows remote attackers to execute code at a higher privilege than intended.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 31.16% Top 5%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102800-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20709	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748	vdb entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/	vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/	vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20561	third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-153A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/21210	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26848	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21336	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20382	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:146	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21178	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21607	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9849	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/21532	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21270	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083	vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/575969	us government resource third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/24108	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21188	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21134	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21631	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0573	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded	vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-2/	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-21.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269	third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-37.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html	vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-1/	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106	vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2776?: CVE-2006-2776 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2776?: To fix CVE-2006-2776, 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-2006-2776 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-2776 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~31% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.