CVE-2006-3809

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.5, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows scripts with the UniversalBrowserRead privilege to gain UniversalXPConnect privileges and possibly execute code or obtain sensitive data by reading into a privileged context.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 1.5, 1.5.0.1, 1.5.0.2, 1.5.0.3, 1.5.0.4
Mozilla Seamonkey: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird: 1.5, 1.5.0.2, 1.5.0.4

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19873
http://secunia.com/advisories/21216
http://secunia.com/advisories/21228
http://secunia.com/advisories/21229
http://secunia.com/advisories/21243
http://secunia.com/advisories/21246
http://secunia.com/advisories/21250
http://secunia.com/advisories/21262
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269
http://secunia.com/advisories/21270

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