CVE-2006-3809
Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.5, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows scripts with the UniversalBrowserRead privilege to gain UniversalXPConnect privileges and possibly execute code or obtain sensitive data by reading into a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.5, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows scripts with the UniversalBrowserRead privilege to gain UniversalXPConnect privileges and possibly execute code or obtain sensitive data by reading into a privileged context.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.09% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 3.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19873Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21216Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21228Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21229Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21243
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21246
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21250
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21262
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21269
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21270
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21275
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21336
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21343
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21358
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21361
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21529
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21607
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21631
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21634
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21654
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21675
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22055
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22065
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22066
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22210
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22342
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-02.xml
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.