VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-6506
The "Feed Preview" feature in Mozilla Firefox 2.0 before 2.0.0.1 sends the URL of the feed when requesting favicon.ico icons, which results in a privacy leak that might allow feed viewing services to determine browsing habits.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.77%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.77%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The "Feed Preview" feature in Mozilla Firefox 2.0 before 2.0.0.1 sends the URL of the feed when requesting favicon.ico icons, which results in a privacy leak that might allow feed viewing services to determine browsing habits.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.77% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23282
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23545
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23589
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23614
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23672
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017421
- http://www.legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=215Exploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-75.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23282
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23545
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23589
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23614
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23672
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017421
- http://www.legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=215Exploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-75.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.