CVE-2006-1727

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 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 gain chrome privileges via multiple attack vectors related to the use of XBL scripts with "Print Preview".

Published: 2006-04-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1727 is rated Moderate Risk (64.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.37%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +1.33% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1727

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 5.04% 6.37% +1.33%
2 2025-05-08 4.86% 5.04% +0.18%
3 2025-03-30 4.86%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1727

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
4.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1727

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1727

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2006-1727 medium priority: Debian including 2 source packages (firefox, thunderbird), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1727
gentoo normal CVE-2006-1727: 3 GLSA(s) (200604-12, 200604-18, 200605-09), 6 atom(s) (mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin, www-client/mozilla, www-client/mozilla-bin, www-client/mozilla-firefox, www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-1727
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1727
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1727 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (firefox, firefox-granparadiso, lightning-sunbird, midbrowser, mozilla-thunderbird, xulrunner), 24 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 10, released 8, needs-triage 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1727

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1727

Solution: Fixed in: Firefox 1.5.0.2 Firefox 1.0.8 Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 Thunderbird 1.0.8 SeaMonkey 1.0.1 Mozilla Suite 1.7.13

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1727

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox >= 1.0, < 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox >= 1.5, < 1.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla_suite < 1.7.13 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey < 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird >= 1.0, < 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird >= 1.5, < 1.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 4.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 5.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 5.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1727

URL Tags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt Broken Link
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc Broken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/19631 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19649 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19696 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19714 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19721 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19729 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19746 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19759 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19780 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19811 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19821 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19852 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19862 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19902 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19950 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20051 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21033 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21622 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015926 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015927 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015928 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015929 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1 Broken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:078 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-25.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17516 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3391 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25824 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10364 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1649 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/ Third Party Advisory
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