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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6507

Original release date:12/20/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 before 2.0.0.1 allows remote attackers to bypass Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) protection via vectors related to a Function.prototype regression error.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-354A
Name: TA06-354A
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-398-1
External Source: BID
Name: 21668
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2007:006
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2006:080
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-76.html
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-5068
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017422
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200701-02
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23672
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23614
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23589
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23545
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23282
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0083
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT061181

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