CVE-2006-1045 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5. Even when the "Block loading of remote images in mail messages" setting is enabled, the HTML rendering engine fails to block external images within inline HTML attachments. This flaw allows remote attackers to potentially gather sensitive information, such as application version or IP address, when a user views a malicious email. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 2.6, indicating low severity. It requires network access and high attack complexity, with a potential impact of partial confidentiality loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and while an ExploitDB entry (EDB-27337) exists, there are no Metasploit or Nuclei modules. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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