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CVE-2006-2894

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-06-07 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4, 2.0.x before 2.0.0.8, Mozilla Suite 1.7.13, Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.2 and other versions before 1.1.5, and Netscape 8.1 and earlier allow user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by tricking a user into typing the characters of the target filename in a text box and using the OnKeyDown, OnKeyPress, and OnKeyUp Javascript keystroke events to change the focus and cause those characters to be inserted into a file upload input control, which can then upload the file when the user submits the form.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: through 2.0.0.8; 1.5.0.4
• Mozilla Suite: 1.7.13
• Mozilla Seamonkey: through 1.1.4; 1.0.2
• Netscape Navigator: through 8.1

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-02/0166.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-02/0187.html
• http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
• http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/focusbug/
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/046610.html
• http://lists.virus.org/full-disclosure-0702/msg00225.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20442
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20467
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20470
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20472
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21532
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27298

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