CVE-2006-2782 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2006-2782?

CVE-2006-2782 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 2 Jun 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

Firefox 1.5.0.2 does not fix all test cases associated with CVE-2006-1729, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by inserting the target filename into a text box, then turning that box into a file upload control.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2782?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2782?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2006-2782 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2782 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q2jj-w55g-3m5j.