Mozilla Firefox 1.x before 1.5.0.2 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers…

Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.x before 1.5.0.2 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by (1) inserting the target filename into a text box, then turning that box into a file upload control, or (2) changing the type of the input control that is associated with an event handler.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (48)

• USN-275-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 19902 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19941 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0328 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• GLSA-200604-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 21622 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19862 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:075 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-1051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• FEDORA-2006-410 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• USN-271-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 19714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0329 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1929 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• GLSA-200604-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 19811 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10922 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 19794 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21033 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 102550 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 19696 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• FLSA:189137-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• SSRT061181 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• ADV-2006-1356 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• mozilla-textbox-file-access(25823) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 19729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19649 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19863 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FLSA:189137-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 17516 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 228526 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• FEDORA-2006-411 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 19852 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19721 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22066 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3391 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-23.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 19631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:076 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• DSA-1046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• DSA-1044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 17:19 UTC.