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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2006-3677 EUVD-2006-3672GHSA-wj5j-gg8h-gp5m

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 before 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by changing certain propert…

Published Jul 27, 2006 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 before 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by changing certain properties of the window navigator object (window.navigator) that are accessed when Java starts up, which causes a crash that leads to code execution.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 4 devhelp +1 0.10-0.2.el4 RHSA-2006:0609
RHEL 4 firefox +1 1.5.0.5-0.el4.1 RHSA-2006:0611, RHSA-2006:0610
RHEL 4 seamonkey +5 1.0.3-0.el4.1 RHSA-2006:0609
RHEL 3 seamonkey +9 1.0.3-0.el3.1 RHSA-2006:0608

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 3

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 4

References