CVE-2006-4561 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2006-4561?

CVE-2006-4561 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 6 Sep 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 1.5.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the browser's session with an arbitrary intranet web server, by hosting script on an Internet web server that can be made inaccessible by the attacker and that has a domain name under the attacker's control, which can force the browser to drop DNS pinning and perform a new DNS query for the domain name after the script is already running.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4561?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2006-4561?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4561 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2006-4561 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4561 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mq84-3c8v-r75g.