CVE-2006-6501 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2006-6501?

CVE-2006-6501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Dec 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

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to gain privileges and install malicious code via the watch Javascript function.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6501?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2006-6501?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2006-6501 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6501 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-2006-6501, GHSA-rm85-grxg-qm94.