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CVE-2006-1729

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1729 describes a vulnerability in older versions of Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Suite, and SeaMonkey that allowed remote attackers to read arbitrary local files. This was achievable by manipulating input fields, either by converting a text box containing a filename into a file upload control or by altering the type of an input control associated with an event handler. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, leading to potential confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely exploited or discussed vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0, < 1.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.5, < 1.5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.7.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0223 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:1.0.8-1.4.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.8
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-1729Moderate

security flaw

Apr 14, 2006

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt
Broken Link
patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc
Broken Link
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/19631
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19649
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19696
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19714
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19721
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19729
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19746
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19759
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19794
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19811
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19852
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19862
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19863
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19902
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19941
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21033
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21622
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22066
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25823
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10922
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1929
Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 271-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 275-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1044
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1046
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1051
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-23.html
Vendor Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17516
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1356
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3391
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3748
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0083
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory