CVE-2006-4567
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.90%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.90% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21906Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21916
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21939
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21949Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21950
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22001
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22025
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22055
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22056
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22066
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22074
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22088
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22195
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22210
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22274
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22422
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-19.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-01.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016850
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016851
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-224.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:168
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:169
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-58.htmlExploit
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_54_mozilla.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0675.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0677.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446140/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20042
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-350-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.