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CVE-2006-2784

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2784 describes a user-assisted vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before version 1.5.0.4, specifically within its PLUGINSPAGE functionality. An attacker could execute privileged code by tricking a user into initiating a "Manual Install" of a missing plugin, which then leverages nested javascript: URLs. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, high access complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0179 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (10)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.2-0.1.0.EL3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: devhelp-0:0.10-0.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.3-0.el4.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:1.5.0.5-0.el4.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.5-0.el4.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-2784Moderate

security flaw

Jun 1, 2006

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html
secunia.com / advisories/20376
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20561
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21134
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21176
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21178
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21183
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21188
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21210
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21269
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21270
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21324
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21336
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21532
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21631
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22066
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26847
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9768
usn.ubuntu.com / 296-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 296-2
usn.ubuntu.com / 297-3
usn.ubuntu.com / 323-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1118
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1120
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1134
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-36.html
Vendor Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18228
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2106
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3748
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0083
Vendor Advisory