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…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (40)

• ADV-2006-3748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 22055 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22195 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-352-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 21950 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-351-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 22025 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22056 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:168 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 22210 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-224.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1016851 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-58.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 21939 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3617 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0677 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• GLSA-200609-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• SSRT061181 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 22274 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0675 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20042 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 22001 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20060915 rPSA-2006-0169-1 firefox thunderbird (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• USN-350-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• mozilla-auto-update-gain-access(28950) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 21906 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200610-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 22074 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10488 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 22066 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22088 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1016850 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 21949 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-640 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-354-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 22422 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:169 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 21916 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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, 19:14 UTC.