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CVE-2006-1729


Mozilla Firefox 1.x before 1.5.0.2 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by (1) inserting the target filename into a text box, then turning that box into a file upload control, or (2) changing the type of the input control that is associated with an event handler.


Published

2006-04-14T10:02:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mozilla firefox < 1.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox < 1.5.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla mozilla_suite < 1.7.13 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey < 1.0.1 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 4.10 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 5.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 5.10 Yes

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