CVE-2006-6585

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Published Dec 15, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 6.4 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Extensions manager in Mozilla Firefox 2.0 does not properly populate the list of local extensions, which allows attackers to construct an extension that hides itself by finding its name in the list and then calling RemoveElement, as demonstrated by the FFsniFF extension. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.0 is also affected.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6568	The Extensions manager in Mozilla Firefox 2.0 does not properly populate the list of local extensions, which allows attackers to construct an extension that hides itself by finding its name in the list and then calling RemoveElement, as demonstrated by the FFsniFF extension. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.0 is also affected.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.112% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://azurit.elbiahosting.sk/ffsniff/ffsniff-0.2.tar.gz
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2046
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454058/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493585/100/0/threaded

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:33 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 15, 2006, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:33 PM
Reserved: Dec 15, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:33 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 15, 2006, 7:28 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:33 PM

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