Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 14, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-1729
CVE-2006-1729
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.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=1.0,<1.0.8
- (no CPE)range: 1.0.x < 1.0.8, 1.x < 1.5.0.2
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.7.13
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.13
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.0.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.1
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
50- secunia.com/advisories/19631nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19649nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19696nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19714nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19721nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19729nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19746nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19759nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19794nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19811nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19852nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19862nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19863nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19902nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19941nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21033nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21622nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22066nvdThird Party Advisory
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htmnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-23.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.htmlnvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17516nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3391nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25823nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10922nvdThird Party Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1929nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txtnvdBroken Link
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.ascnvdBroken Link
- lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.htmlnvdBroken Link
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdBroken Link
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdBroken Link
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threadednvd
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