National Vulnerability Database (NVD) National Vulnerability Database (CVE-2006-0496)

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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-0496

Original release date:02/01/2006

Last revised:04/20/2011

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla 1.7.12 and possibly earlier, Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 and possibly earlier, and Netscape 8.1 and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the -moz-binding (Cascading Style Sheets) CSS property, which does not require that the style sheet have the same origin as the web page, as demonstrated by the compromise of a large number of LiveJournal accounts.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324253

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324253

External Source: XF

Name: mozilla-mozbinding-xss(24427)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/24427

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-0403

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0403

External Source: BID

Name: 16427

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16427