CVE-2006-3808

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    CVE-2006-3808

    Published: 27 Jul 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/19873, http://secunia.com/advisories/21216, http://secunia.com/advisories/21229, http://secunia.com/advisories/21243, http://secunia.com/advisories/21246, http://secunia.com/advisories/21250, http://secunia.com/advisories/21262, http://secunia.com/advisories/21269, http://secunia.com/advisories/21270, http://secunia.com/advisories/21336, http://secunia.com/advisories/21343, http://secunia.com/advisories/21361, http://secunia.com/advisories/21529, http://secunia.com/advisories/21532, http://secunia.com/advisories/21631, http://secunia.com/advisories/21634, http://secunia.com/advisories/21654, http://secunia.com/advisories/21675, http://secunia.com/advisories/22065, http://secunia.com/advisories/22066, http://secunia.com/advisories/22210, http://secunia.com/advisories/22342, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-02.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1159, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1160, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1161, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-52.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_48_seamonkey.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-361-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2998, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083, http://secunia.com/advisories/19873, http://secunia.com/advisories/21216, http://secunia.com/advisories/21229, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19181, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016586, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016587, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016588, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-03.xml, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0608.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/1/441333/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27989, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-536, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-537, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10845, https://usn.ubuntu.com/327-1/

    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