CVE-2006-6501

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to gain privileges and install malicious code via the watch Javascript function.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 23.05% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23433 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23439 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23468 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23598 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24078 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24390 third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/263412 third party advisory us government resource
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 third party advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23591 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 vdb entry third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017404 vdb entry third party advisory
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 third party advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23440 third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017403 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html vendor advisory broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9746 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23618 third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017407 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-70.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23589 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883 broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded mailing list
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23601 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23988 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23514 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6501?
CVE-2006-6501 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-6501?
To fix CVE-2006-6501, 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-2006-6501 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-6501 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~23% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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