CVE-2006-1729

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.

Published: 2006-04-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1729 is rated Moderate Risk (45.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.82%). Review affected assets and schedule 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-2006-1729

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 2025-05-08 1.75% 1.82% +0.07%
2 2025-03-30 5.64% 1.75% -3.90%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.64% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1729

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1729

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1729

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2006-1729 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (firefox), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1729
gentoo normal CVE-2006-1729: 2 GLSA(s) (200604-12, 200604-18), 4 atom(s) (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-2006-1729
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1729
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1729 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (firefox, firefox-granparadiso, lightning-sunbird, midbrowser, xulrunner), 20 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 10, needs-triage 5, released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1729

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1729

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1729

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2006-1729

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/19794 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19811 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/21033 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21622 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 Third Party Advisory
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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-23.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html Broken Link Third Party Advisory
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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/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/2008/0083 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25823 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10922 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1929 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/ Third Party Advisory
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