CVE-2006-0496 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.7% (pctl 85)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 2.67% — more likely to be exploited than 85% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-02-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox |
| mozilla | mozilla |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Mozilla Firefox 1.0/1.5 XBL - MOZ-BINDING Property Cross-Domain Scripting | 2006-01-30 |
References
- http://community.livejournal.com/lj_dev/708069.html
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113847912709062&w=2
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015553
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015563
- http://www.davidpashley.com/cgi/pyblosxom.cgi/computing/livejournal-mozilla-bug.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/22924
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16427
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0403
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324253
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24427
- http://community.livejournal.com/lj_dev/708069.html
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113847912709062&w=2
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015553
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015563
- http://www.davidpashley.com/cgi/pyblosxom.cgi/computing/livejournal-mozilla-bug.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/22924
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16427
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0403
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324253
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24427
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD