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MFSA2006-43 Firefox: Privilege escalation using addSelectionListener (CVE-2006-2777)

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MFSA2006-43 Firefox: Privilege escalation using addSelectionListener (CVE-2006-2777)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/02/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/14/2012
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.4 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the nsISelectionPrivate interface of the Selection object to add a SelectionListener and create notifications that are executed in a privileged context.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-1_5_0_4

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