CVE-2006-4567

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    CVE-2006-4567

    Published: 15 Sept 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7 and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7 makes it easy for users to accept self-signed certificates for the auto-update mechanism, which might allow remote user-assisted attackers to use DNS spoofing to trick users into visiting a malicious site and accepting a malicious certificate for the Mozilla update site, which can then be used to install arbitrary code on the next update.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/21906, http://secunia.com/advisories/21916, http://secunia.com/advisories/21939, http://secunia.com/advisories/21949, http://secunia.com/advisories/21950, http://secunia.com/advisories/22001, http://secunia.com/advisories/22025, http://secunia.com/advisories/22055, http://secunia.com/advisories/22056, http://secunia.com/advisories/22066, http://secunia.com/advisories/22074, http://secunia.com/advisories/22088, http://secunia.com/advisories/22195, http://secunia.com/advisories/22210, http://secunia.com/advisories/22274, http://secunia.com/advisories/22422, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-19.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-01.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:168, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:169, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_54_mozilla.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0677.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-350-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-351-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-352-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3617, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-58.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/21906, http://secunia.com/advisories/21949, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0677.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016850, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016851, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-224.htm, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0675.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446140/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20042, http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00771742, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28950, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-640, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10488

    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