CVE-2006-3808 describes a critical vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey prior to 1.0.3. This flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by manipulating a Proxy AutoConfig (PAC) script to set the FindProxyForURL function to an eval method on a privileged object. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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