// For flags

CVE-2006-2783

 

Severity Score

6.1
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 strip the Unicode Byte-order-Mark (BOM) from a UTF-8 page before the page is passed to the parser, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a BOM sequence in the middle of a dangerous tag such as SCRIPT.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2006-06-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2006-06-02 CVE Published
  • 2023-09-06 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
References (60)
URL Tag Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202 Vdb Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214 Vdb Entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 X_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-42.html X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228 Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106 Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749 Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26852 Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10772 Signature
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html 2018-10-18
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html 2018-10-18
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/20382 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/20561 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/20709 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21134 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21178 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21188 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21210 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21270 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21336 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21532 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21607 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21631 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074 2018-10-18
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118 2018-10-18
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120 2018-10-18
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134 2018-10-18
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml 2018-10-18
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-21.xml 2018-10-18
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143 2018-10-18
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145 2018-10-18
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:146 2018-10-18
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html 2018-10-18
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html 2018-10-18
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html 2018-10-18
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html 2018-10-18
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html 2018-10-18
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded 2018-10-18
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded 2018-10-18
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 2018-10-18
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1 2018-10-18
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-2 2018-10-18
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-1 2018-10-18
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3 2018-10-18
https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1 2018-10-18
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2783 2006-07-29
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618117 2006-07-29
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mozilla
Search vendor "Mozilla"
 Firefox
Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"
 <= 1.5.0.3
Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 1.5.0.3"
-
Affected
Mozilla
Search vendor "Mozilla"
 Thunderbird
Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"
 <= 1.5.0.3
Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " <= 1.5.0.3"
-
Affected