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CVE-2006-2783

Date: June 2, 2006

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 strip the Unicode Byte-order-Mark (BOM) from a UTF-8 page before the page is passed to the parser, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a BOM sequence in the middle of a dangerous tag such as SCRIPT.

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (62)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2783

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21532

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21336

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-1/

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22065

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21176

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22066

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/20561

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21210

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21178

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21134

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10772

Url: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-42.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26852

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35379

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/20376

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21269

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2006-2783

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21183

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21188

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214

Url: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-21.xml

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/20709

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21631

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2783

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-2/

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21270

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/20382

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31074

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21607

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/21324

Url: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:146

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-2783

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CWE-79

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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