CVE-2006-3808

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows remote Proxy AutoConfig (PAC) servers to execute code with elevated privileges via a PAC script that sets the FindProxyForURL function to an eval method on a privileged object.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.34% Top 20%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1161	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21243	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0608.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1160	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-02.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19181	patch vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2998	vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-361-1	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441333/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/21529	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21216	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-03.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21336	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-52.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21654	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016588	vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22210	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21634	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016586	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19873	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21262	third party advisory
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
https://usn.ubuntu.com/327-1/	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27989	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21361	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
http://secunia.com/advisories/21246	third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_48_seamonkey.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10845	signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21229	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21675	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016587	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21250	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22342	third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-536
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-537
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21343	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065	third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1	vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1159	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3808?: CVE-2006-3808 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3808?: To fix CVE-2006-3808, 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-2006-3808 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-3808 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.