CVE-2006-1729

Medium

Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.x before 1.5.0.2 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by (1) inserting the target filename into a text box, then turning that box into a file upload control, or (2) changing the type of the input control that is associated with an event handler.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedApr 14, 2006
First seenApr 14, 2006

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox1.0.8, 1.5.0.2 or later
  • mozilla mozilla_suite1.7.13 or later
  • mozilla seamonkey1.0.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefox1.0 ≤ v < 1.0.8, 1.5 ≤ v < 1.5.0.21.0.8, 1.5.0.2
mozilla mozilla_suitev < 1.7.131.7.13
mozilla seamonkeyv < 1.0.11.0.1
canonical ubuntu_linux4.10, 5.04, 5.10—

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