CVE-2006-2787

Description

EvalInSandbox in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via javascript that calls the valueOf method on objects that were created outside of the sandbox.

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 8.85% Top 10%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
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.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-31.html	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://secunia.com/advisories/21210	third party advisory
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
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26842	vdb entry
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
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://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.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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9491	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269	third party 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-2006-2787?: CVE-2006-2787 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2787?: To fix CVE-2006-2787, 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-2006-2787 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-2787 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.