vulnwire
9.3crit

CVE-2006-08841 exploit

The WYSIWYG rendering engine ("rich mail" editor) in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to bypass javascr…

Published 20 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
7.2%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

The WYSIWYG rendering engine ("rich mail" editor) in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to bypass javascript security settings and obtain sensitive information or cause a crash via an e-mail containing a javascript URI in the SRC attribute of an IFRAME tag, which is executed when the user edits the e-mail.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

7.23% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-27257 Mozilla (Multiple Products) - iFrame JavaScript Execution · dos · 2006-02-22

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2024 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/19902 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /276-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1015665 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/19941 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/19821 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:052 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/21622 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • support.avaya.com /elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/19823 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2006/dsa-1051 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2006/3749 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • gentoo.org /security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/19811 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/21033 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • sunsolve.sun.com /search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /23653 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10782 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • lists.suse.com /archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/425786/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:078 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-21.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/20051 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/19863 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/16770 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • sunsolve.sun.com /search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/19721 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • novell.com /linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • gentoo.org /security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/22065 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/19950 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/25983 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2006/dsa-1046 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.