CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1735

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite, and SeaMonkey allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using an eval in an XBL method binding (XBL.method.eval) to create JavaScript functions compiled with extra privileges.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization is critical as a remote attacker can take control of the victim's system by executing arbitrary code in the browser context, potentially leading to data theft, malware installation, or further privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Immediately update all affected products to versions beyond the vulnerable ones: Firefox to 1.5 or 1.0.8, Thunderbird to 1.5, Mozilla Suite to 1.7.13, SeaMonkey to 1.0 or later.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using an eval in an XBL method binding (XBL.method.eval) to create Javascript functions that are compiled with extra privileges.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS