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MFSA2006-05 SeaMonkey: Localstore.rdf XML injection through XULDocument.persist() (CVE-2006-0296)

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MFSA2006-05 SeaMonkey: Localstore.rdf XML injection through XULDocument.persist() (CVE-2006-0296)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/02/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/21/2013
Modified
10/05/2018

Description

The XULDocument.persist function in Mozilla, Firefox before 1.5.0.1, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 does not validate the attribute name, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript by injecting RDF data into the user's localstore.rdf file.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-seamonkey-upgrade-1_0_0

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