# CVE-2006-0884: The WYSIWYG rendering engine ("rich mail" editor) in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to bypass javascri

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2006-02-24 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19902
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015665
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19821
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:052
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21622
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19811
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21033
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1
- http://www.osvdb.org/23653
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10782
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425786/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27257

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