CVE-2006-2787 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird versions prior to 1.5.0.4. Attackers could exploit this by using JavaScript to call the valueOf method on objects created outside of the sandbox, thereby gaining elevated privileges. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or public exploit code is documented, and community discussion is minimal, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 86/100 suggests significant potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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