Description
The PLUGINSPAGE functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.4 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute privileged code by tricking a user into installing missing plugins and selecting the "Manual Install" button, then using nested javascript: URLs. NOTE: the manual install button is used for downloading software from a remote web site, so this issue would not cross privilege boundaries if the user progresses to the point of installing malicious software from the attacker-controlled site.
Published: 2006-06-02
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: 4.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1118-1 New Mozilla packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1120-1 New Mozilla Firefox packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1134-1 New Mozilla Thunderbird packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-2781 The PLUGINSPAGE functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.4 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute privileged code by tricking a user into installing missing plugins and selecting the "Manual Install" button, then using nested javascript: URLs. NOTE: the manual install button is used for downloading software from a remote web site, so this issue would not cross privilege boundaries if the user progresses to the point of installing malicious software from the attacker-controlled site.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-296-1 firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-296-2 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-297-3 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-323-1 mozilla vulnerabilities
References
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/20561 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21134 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21178 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21188 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21210 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21270 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21336 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21532 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21631 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-36.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26847 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2784 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9768 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-2/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2784 cve-icon
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Mozilla Firefox
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:06:25.795Z

Reserved: 2006-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2784

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-06-02T19:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2784

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-2784 - Bugzilla

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