CVE-2006-0884
The WYSIWYG rendering engine ("rich mail" editor) in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to bypass…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 7.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The WYSIWYG rendering engine ("rich mail" editor) in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to bypass javascript security settings and obtain sensitive information or cause a crash via an e-mail containing a javascript URI in the SRC attribute of an IFRAME tag, which is executed when the user edits the e-mail.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Mozilla (Multiple Products) - iFrame JavaScript Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27257dos, linuxpublished 22 Feb 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.2% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
39
- RHSA-2006:0330 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2024 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 19902 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-276-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- HPSBUX02122 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 1015665 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 19941 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19821 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 21622 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19823 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3749 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0329 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-200604-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 19811 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21033 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 102550 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 23653 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10782 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SSRT061236 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 20060222 Mozilla Thunderbird : Remote Code Execution & Denial of Service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:078 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-21.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20051 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19863 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16770 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FLSA:189137-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 228526 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 19721 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-200605-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 22065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19950 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- mozilla-inline-fwd-code-execution(25983) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:076 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-1046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0888 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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