CVE-2006-1741 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2006-1741?

CVE-2006-1741 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 14 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript into other sites by (1) "using a modal alert to suspend an event handler while a new page is being loaded", (2) using eval(), and using certain variants involving (3) "new Script;" and (4) using window.__proto__ to extend eval, aka "cross-site JavaScript injection".

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1741?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Mozilla Suite, Mozilla Seamonkey.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1741?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2006-1741 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1741 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1741, GHSA-8r79-mxmm-hhc6.