CVE-2006-0296

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    CVE-2006-0296

    Published: 2 Feb 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The XULDocument.persist function in Mozilla, Firefox before 1.5.0.1, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 does not validate the attribute name, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript by injecting RDF data into the user's localstore.rdf file.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01-U, http://secunia.com/advisories/18700, http://secunia.com/advisories/18703, http://secunia.com/advisories/18704, http://secunia.com/advisories/18705, http://secunia.com/advisories/18706, http://secunia.com/advisories/18708, http://secunia.com/advisories/18709, http://secunia.com/advisories/19230, http://secunia.com/advisories/19746, http://secunia.com/advisories/19759, http://secunia.com/advisories/19780, http://secunia.com/advisories/19821, http://secunia.com/advisories/19823, http://secunia.com/advisories/19852, http://secunia.com/advisories/19862, http://secunia.com/advisories/19863, http://secunia.com/advisories/19902, http://secunia.com/advisories/19941, http://secunia.com/advisories/19950, http://secunia.com/advisories/20051, http://secunia.com/advisories/21033, http://secunia.com/advisories/21622, http://secunia.com/advisories/22065, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:036, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:037, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:078, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0199.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0200.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0413, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3391, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319847, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt, http://securitytracker.com/id?1015570, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/592425, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-05.html, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-February/msg00005.html, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-February/msg00006.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425975/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425978/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16476, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-038A.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24434, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11803, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1493, https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High