CVE-2006-6971 describes a phishing protection bypass vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.0, specifically on Windows. Attackers could circumvent the browser's blacklist filter by representing IP addresses in various non-standard integer formats (dotted-hex, dotted-octal, single decimal, hex, or octal). This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector and low complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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