CVE-2006-2776

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    CVE-2006-2776

    Published: 2 Jun 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Certain privileged UI code in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 calls content-defined setters on an object prototype, which allows remote attackers to execute code at a higher privilege than intended.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/20376, http://secunia.com/advisories/20382, http://secunia.com/advisories/20561, http://secunia.com/advisories/20709, http://secunia.com/advisories/21134, http://secunia.com/advisories/21176, http://secunia.com/advisories/21178, http://secunia.com/advisories/21183, http://secunia.com/advisories/21188, http://secunia.com/advisories/21210, http://secunia.com/advisories/21269, http://secunia.com/advisories/21270, http://secunia.com/advisories/21324, http://secunia.com/advisories/21336, http://secunia.com/advisories/21532, http://secunia.com/advisories/21607, http://secunia.com/advisories/21631, http://secunia.com/advisories/22065, http://secunia.com/advisories/22066, http://secunia.com/advisories/24108, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:146, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-37.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0573, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/575969, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-37.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102800-1, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-21.xml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/575969, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-153A.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26848, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9849, https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-2/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/

    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
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