MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Dec 20, 2006
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.00%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
OR
- 3.1
- 4.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 5.10
- 6.06
- 6.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
seamonkey-0:1.0.7-0.1.el2
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0759
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.7-0.1.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0759
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
devhelp-0:0.10-0.6.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0759
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.5.0.9-0.1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0758
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.7-0.1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0759
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird-0:1.5.0.9-0.1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0760
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | seamonkey-0:1.0.7-0.1.el2 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0759 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.7-0.1.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0759 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | devhelp-0:0.10-0.6.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0759 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.5.0.9-0.1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0758 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.7-0.1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0759 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.9-0.1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0760 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.00% 0.02997
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02997
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (26 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.00% (0.02997) | 86.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.83% (0.02830) | 84.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 28.74% (0.28742) | 96.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 16, 2025 | 26.85% (0.26851) | 96.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 27, 2025 | 23.05% (0.23052) | 95.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 28.31% (0.28312) | 96.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 39.70% (0.39704) | 95.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 28.31% (0.28312) | 96.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 52.56% (0.52556) | 97.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 25, 2024 | 16.61% (0.16612) | 96.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 1, 2024 | 15.28% (0.15275) | 95.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 14, 2024 | 16.66% (0.16664) | 96.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 25, 2024 | 14.84% (0.14836) | 95.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 12.17% (0.12170) | 95.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 7, 2024 | 9.52% (0.09515) | 94.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 8.46% (0.08456) | 93.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 23, 2023 | 2.03% (0.02034) | 87.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 15, 2023 | 2.30% (0.02298) | 88.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 2.45% (0.02449) | 88.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2023 | 2.66% (0.02662) | 88.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 15, 2023 | 1.90% (0.01895) | 86.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 10, 2023 | 2.49% (0.02487) | 88.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.77% (0.01769) | 86.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (57)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGIBroken Link
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORABroken Link
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORABroken Link
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPBroken Link
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23433 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23439 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23440 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23468 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23514 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23589 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23591 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23598 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23601 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23618 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23988 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24078 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24390 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017403 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017404 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017407 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/263412 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-70.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6501 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618245 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6501
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9746 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6501
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGIBroken Link | |
| http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORABroken Link | |
| http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORABroken Link | |
| http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPBroken Link | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23433 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23439 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23440 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23468 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23514 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23589 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23591 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23598 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23601 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23618 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23988 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24078 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24390 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017403 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017404 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017407 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/263412 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-70.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6501 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618245 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883 | x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6501 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9746 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6501 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Dec 20, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 13, 2006
Link CVE-2006-6501
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a